Assessment of biodegradation in ancient archaeological wood from the Middle Cemetery at Abydos, Egypt

• Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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• Benjamin W. Held,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Janet E. Richards,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Director of Abydos Middle Cemetery Project, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Suzanne L. Davis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservator, Abydos Middle Cemetery Project, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Robert A. Blanchette

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: robertb@umn.edu

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2819-6511

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