Hearthstone, I did a quick search of coppicing on Google Scholar. If you haven't used it yet you should try it. Go to Google, search 'Google Scholar', open it and search, voila. I have heard that Native Americans in the NW did some coppicing of hazelnuts, but I can't find the source of that bit of information. Cheers, Melissa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Hearthstone" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:36 PM Subject: Pollarding and Coppicing. Dear people, I would like to find out if pollarding and coppicing (a very pertinent topic today in prevention of deforestation) were practiced in prehistory--are there any papers, or what-not, available on the Internet? Were pollarding and coppicing practiced in prehistory of what today is the American SW region? Thank you, Hearthstone. -- If we,the people, were sincere about wanting Peace, then we would spend more on active creation of Peace than what we spend on the military. http://www.modelearth.org/peace.html Mahayana and Sustainability: http://www.modelearth.org/mahaecosoc.html "Legalize" the Natural Right to Sleep! http://www.modelearth.org/sleepright.html Please contact your representative and demand that the natural right to sleep be recognized and fully honored!