Mechtild Mertz
Biographic Data
| ID | 8457560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mechtild Mertz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mechtild |
| FAMILY NAME | Mertz |
| SIGNATURE | MERTZ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0129-3872 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What Shipwreck Remains from the Sunken Fleet of Kublai Khan Reveal about Wood Use in Yuan-Dynasty China
The Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281 are well documented historical events. Numerous wooden artefacts have been recovered from the waters off Takashima Island, where the Mongol fleet is believed to have been destroyed by storm winds. Historical records and previous studies indicate that fleets were dispatched simultaneously from China and Korea to Hakata via Tsushima, Iki, and Takashima islands, but were ultimately wrecked near Takashim…
Wood Identification and Analysis of Shipbuilding Timber from a Ming Dynasty Shipyard in Nanjing
The paper analyses wood samples taken from 253 artifacts unearthed at the main shipyard in Nanjing, where the “treasure ships” placed under the command of Admiral Zheng He were built. Zheng He sailed in the years 1405–1433, making several expeditions, each consisting of 200 to 300 ships along the Chinese coast to Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. Excavations were carried out in one of the three remaining basins (out of 13 originally). In total…
How four Types of Japanese Carpenters make Use of the Wealth of their Country’s Wood Species
A Group of Twelfth-Century Japanese Kami Statues and Considerations of Material Intentionality
A collaboration between wood anatomists and art historians, this report investigates Japanese statues dating to the tenth to twelfth century now preserved in American, British, Canadian, and Japanese museums and private collections. This is the first article in any language concerning a "group" that at present comprises eighteen wooden icons we place in the genre of shinz (statues of kami, i.e., divinities). They are related in terms of style, ph…
Wood Identification of Ancient Temple Structures in Ladakh, Located in the Western Himalayas
Microscopic wood identifications were performed on five Buddhist temple structures, three vernacular houses, two stupas, and two holy trees located in Ladakh, a region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in the Western Himalayas. Leh is Ladakh’s capital and is located along the Indus River, the backbone of Ladakh. The vernacular buildings, stupa, and holy trees are located in Leh. Ladakh is a high-altitude desert with extremely scarce vegeta…
A Study of the Wood Species of 73 Deity Sculptures of the Hunan Province, from the Patrice Fava Collection
Les auteurs ont étudié un ensemble de 73 statuettes de l'importante collection appartenant à Patrice Fava. Provenant de la province chinoise du Hunan, elles représentent des divinités, locales et nationales, des ancêtres et des maîtres. L'enquête a permis de déterminer les essences de bois utilisées pour le façonnage de l'âme des sculptures, en analysant au microscope la microstructure anatomique des échantillons prélevés sur chaque pièce. L'arti…
Datation d'une statue d'Amida-nyorai exposée au musée Guimet
In the center of the essay is the dating of a statue of Amida-nyorai, which is exhibited among the collection of Japanese Buddhist sculptures in the Guimet Museum (H. : 1.42 m ; lacquer and goldleaves on wood-core). The first steps to indicate age are as follows : the technical principles, the style and the parameters of fabrication such as destination, attribution and function, are analysed, in order to elaborate the criteria of the dating. As c…
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Datation d'une statue d'Amida-nyorai exposée au musée Guimet
In the center of the essay is the dating of a statue of Amida-nyorai, which is exhibited among the collection of Japanese Buddhist sculptures in the Guimet Museum (H. : 1.42 m ; lacquer and goldleaves on wood-core). The first steps to indicate age are as follows : the technical principles, the style and the parameters of fabrication such as destination, attribution and function, are analysed, in order to elaborate the criteria of the dating. As c…
A Study of the Wood Species of 73 Deity Sculptures of the Hunan Province, from the Patrice Fava Collection
Les auteurs ont étudié un ensemble de 73 statuettes de l'importante collection appartenant à Patrice Fava. Provenant de la province chinoise du Hunan, elles représentent des divinités, locales et nationales, des ancêtres et des maîtres. L'enquête a permis de déterminer les essences de bois utilisées pour le façonnage de l'âme des sculptures, en analysant au microscope la microstructure anatomique des échantillons prélevés sur chaque pièce. L'arti…
Wood Identification of Ancient Temple Structures in Ladakh, Located in the Western Himalayas
Microscopic wood identifications were performed on five Buddhist temple structures, three vernacular houses, two stupas, and two holy trees located in Ladakh, a region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in the Western Himalayas. Leh is Ladakh’s capital and is located along the Indus River, the backbone of Ladakh. The vernacular buildings, stupa, and holy trees are located in Leh. Ladakh is a high-altitude desert with extremely scarce vegeta…
A Group of Twelfth-Century Japanese Kami Statues and Considerations of Material Intentionality
A collaboration between wood anatomists and art historians, this report investigates Japanese statues dating to the tenth to twelfth century now preserved in American, British, Canadian, and Japanese museums and private collections. This is the first article in any language concerning a "group" that at present comprises eighteen wooden icons we place in the genre of shinz (statues of kami, i.e., divinities). They are related in terms of style, ph…
How four Types of Japanese Carpenters make Use of the Wealth of their Country’s Wood Species
What Shipwreck Remains from the Sunken Fleet of Kublai Khan Reveal about Wood Use in Yuan-Dynasty China
The Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281 are well documented historical events. Numerous wooden artefacts have been recovered from the waters off Takashima Island, where the Mongol fleet is believed to have been destroyed by storm winds. Historical records and previous studies indicate that fleets were dispatched simultaneously from China and Korea to Hakata via Tsushima, Iki, and Takashima islands, but were ultimately wrecked near Takashim…
Wood Identification and Analysis of Shipbuilding Timber from a Ming Dynasty Shipyard in Nanjing
The paper analyses wood samples taken from 253 artifacts unearthed at the main shipyard in Nanjing, where the “treasure ships” placed under the command of Admiral Zheng He were built. Zheng He sailed in the years 1405–1433, making several expeditions, each consisting of 200 to 300 ships along the Chinese coast to Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. Excavations were carried out in one of the three remaining basins (out of 13 originally). In total…
Wood and Agarwood Research (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Cunninghamia (2 works) · History (2 works) · Tectona (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Agricultural economics (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work)