Jan,
We have mediaeval evidence of the collection of copice
wood annually for the salt boiling furnaces at Droitwich, and we
can trace this industry at this site from the early Iron Age c.700 BC
to 1921! However, in the early 17th century the iron industry began
competing for this wood and they had to turn to coal for fuel. We also
have 16th century evidence of the Crown owning woodland which they
sold to the Burgesses of the town which was described as 6 yrs. growth
and 7 years growth which sold for different amounts of money.
I could give you the references if you are interested.
Bea
On 02/10/2006 3:40 AM Jan Hearthstone writes:
>Dear people,
>I would like to thank to all who responded so far to my last post, and
>explain a bit further what I am really after in hope to avoid waste of
>time:
>
>In an ideal, ecologically and socially sustainable society the
>management of renewable energy sources is very important.
>
>Pollarding and coppicing would seem to be one way of making sure that
>the supply of wood (one of the chiefest sources of sustainable energy)
>is not depleted beyond being sustainable.
>
>I would like to find out how effective pollarding and coppicing
>(along, possibly, with other methods), as ways of making sure that the
>supply of wood remains sustainable, is/was practiced in cultures that
>could be considered to be/have been sustainable.
>
>Using metasearch programs ("+pollarding +coppicing +archaeology")
>yields an overwhelming amount of data that would take me a long time
>to process. By asking experts I am hoping to get some intelligence on
>the subject more expediently--I hope you don't mind.
>
>What is known about sustainable wood energy management (including
>pollarding and coppicing) from other cultures (be those past, or
>present)?
>
>Thank you sincerely -
>Mr. Jan Hearthstone (BA - Anthropology, U of Hawai'i, May 2002).
>
>
>
>
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