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Years ago, I put some stalks of Linum perenne together with outher garden rubbish into the shredder. I took me hours to clean the shredder knives from strong Linum fibres! I did it never again! Iron Age Linum stems look like L. perenne (have a look at Körber- Grohne, Geobotanische Untersuchungen auf der Feddersen Feddersen Wierde, 1967 [the figures and plates are in any language]. I can make some copies or pdfs. Am 3 Mar 2009 um 10:46 hat Smith, Alexia geschrieben: > > Hi there, > > I just received the following question from a colleague: > > "Do wild species of flax like Linum bienne grow a thick/tall enough stalk (bast fiber) to be spun?" > > I believe they do but promised that I would check here. Does anyone have any > suggestions/references that I could send to her? > > Many thanks in advance, > Alexia > > > Alexia Smith > Assistant Professor > Department of Anthropology > University of Connecticut > Beach Hall 406, U-2176 > 354 Mansfield Road > Storrs, CT 06269-2176 > Tel: (860) 486-4264 > Fax: (860) 486-1719 > > "-- " Dr. Helmut Kroll Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte der Universität, 24098 Kiel Tel. 0431 880-3654; - 2338; Fax -7300 Mail [log in to unmask]