Try the experimental archaeology mailing list or the Britarch mailing list-
both can be joined via Jiscmail, I think .Also try W.A.R.P. - the Wetlands
Archaeological Resource Project (sorry if I got that wrong). There is a lot
of factual information about archaeological finds of coppiced wood but I
haven't found much that's been directly applied to modern sustainability
issues. Also look up work by Rowena Gale, Jon Hather and Sophie Seel. Also
try looking up ethnobotany and economic botany. Sorry if I've repeated
anything here. I've just scanned the replies (bad habit).
I'll pass your email onto Damian Goodburn, he's the ancient timber
specialist for the Museum of London and I teach with him for AMTeC co-op Ltd
(they had a website, may still work www.amtecco-op.com).
I'm looking into ancient evidence for sustainable use of plant resources for
my permaculture diploma. Maybe we could chat offlist because we seem to have
a mutual interest.
all the best,
Lisa
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Lisa Gray MSc (Full Permaculture Design Certificate, Ragman's Lane 2003 ;-)
Freelance Archaeobotanist,
89 St. John's Rd,
Faversham,
Kent,
ME13 8EN
Tel: 01795 590603/ 07812028697
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From: "Jan Hearthstone" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 11:40 AM
Subject: Pollarding and Coppicing continued.
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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