Stave churches

Froysaker, T. (2006). The removal of a previous wax-resin treatment and the re-consolidation of the polychrome wooden calvary group, c. 1150 in Urnes stave church. Beitrdge zur Erhaltung von Kunst- und Kulturgut(2), 7-16. 

Other durable timbers, notably those of the family Cupressaceae, have been used for buildings in many countries and for other purposes, such as boats and coffins, and have survived microbiological and insect attack for centuries (18). The stave churches remaining in good condition in Norway after more than 800 years were built from logs of resinous Scots pine Pinus sylvestris, Pinaceae) (2). 

Stave churches. The churches were framed with beams, posts and vertical plank infills. The old Norse for bearing post, stafr, gives the name. 

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