Dear Lucy,
Pine wood has something (whether it is tannin and resin and something else perhaps)(nneeds to de found and defined!) which makes the traditional fishermen of Greece use it for dyeing their fishnets...This information comes from ongoing research both a colleague of mine (botanist) and myself do. It is an ethnographic database for Crete, and this information has consistently been provided to us by the fishermen themselves...Now, I believe it is not only the dye they are trying to extract as this colour can be provided by other plants (light tobacco colour) but they insistently search for pine wood....
Hope you find more information.
Best,
Anaya Sarpaki
Lucy F Allott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear All
>
> I am currently working on a wood and charcoal assemblage from a 19th
> century tannery site in london. To my surprise the assemblage is dominated
> by pine and there is very little oak wood. I have been looking for
> references to the use of pine bark in tanneries and have not found much
> for the UK. Does anyone have suggestions for literature?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Lucy
>
> Dr. L .F. Allott
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