Well, once you have chopped down the tree, you surely have to remove the
roots before you can plough etc? Just a thought. So what tools for this?
Merryn
Mark Butler wrote:
> Lindsay,
>
> There has been quite a lot of work done on stone axe use. In the early
> 90's I did a reproduction of a Mississippian period winter and summer
> house complex for the Cherokee Museum, Cherokee, NC. All of the above
> ground cuts were made with stone celts. These were fairly substantial
> materials including 6"-7" dia. locust wall posts and larger maple (up to
> 12"+ dia.) central roof supports and rafters. I kept good materials and
> procedure records but no cutting times.
>
> Prior to that, in the mid 80's, I was involved in a project conducted by
> Steve Watts at the Schiele Museum in Gastonia, NC when he did a bent
> pole Algonquian type structure. These were usually smaller dia. trees
> (mostly ceder and various hardwood saplings). Cutting time records were
> kept on this project but I think much has changed (in terms of the
> Schiele period celt haftings and cutting techniques) since then.
>
> Scott Silsby would probably be one of the best contacts for you
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> in Falls Church, Virginia. He make the best stone axes that I know of
> and is a font of information.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mark B.
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>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Lindsay Allason-Jones
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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> Dear All,
> Does anyone know of any experiments that have been carried out
> recently using stone and/or bronze axes to cut down trees? I'm
> trying to find out how long each takes to demolish an average sized
> tree.
> Many thanks.
> Lindsay Allason-Jones
>
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