oa Wood use, production of writing tablets, and some associated finds

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This study identified the wood species of the writing tablets, other artefacts (styli, mouldings, etc.), and a large number of woodworking debris (chips) in Roman Tongeren. The results reveal that silver fir (Abies alba), a tree exotic to northwestern Europe, was the wood of preference for the production of writing tablets. The association of the remains of writing tablets with fragments of casks and numerous wooden chips – also for the most part silver fir – strongly points to a local production of writing tablets in Tongeren based on the recycling of the wood from imported casks.