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http://dx.doi.org/10.12654/JCS.2020.36.5.03

Species Identification and Tree-Ring Analysis of Wooden Elements in Daewoong-jeon of Hwagye-temple, Seoul, Korea  

Lee, Kwang Hee (Research Institute of Wooden Cultural Heritage, Korea National University of Cultural Heritage)
Park, Chang Hyun (Department of Heritage Conservation and Restoration, Graduate School of Cultural Heritage, Korea National University of Cultural Heritage)
Kim, Soo Chul (Department of Conservation Science, Korea National University of Cultural Heritage)
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Journal of Conservation Science / v.36, no.5, 2020 , pp. 326-332 More about this Journal
Abstract
The this study's objective was to conduct species identification and tree-ring dating for the wood elements of Daewoong-jeon(main temple), Hwagye-temple, Seoul, Korea. Most of the wood elements were made from Pinus spp.(hard pine). However, one large beam was constructed from Abies spp.. For the tree-ring dating, cores were taken from the elements using a drill, and ring-width plots of individual samples were produced with the TSAP software program. The tree-ring dating results showed that, the date of the outermost ring of most elements (20 elements), including beams and pillars, were from AD 1839 to 1870. Among them, five elements had bark, and felling dates were AD 1868 and 1869. These dates confirmed the historical records that Daewoongjeon was rebuilt in AD 1870 from the records of hidden materials(Bokjangmul) in Jongdori by the survey 2012.
Keywords
Daewoong-jeon; Tree-ring dating; Pinus spp.; Abies spp.; Cross-dating; Felling dates;
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