>If the formation of traumatic resin canals in your specimens was caused by
>human activity, a practice which I observed 50 years ago carried on by
>mayan speaking people in the highlands of the state of Chiapas, Mexico,
>might offer a clue for the interpretation of your material. Intact,
>growing, native pines were wounded near the base with axes, later the
>freshly exposed wood was burned. Afterward, the burned area was scraped
>clean and the underlying resin-rich wood was split out of the trunk and
>used for torches.
>
>Lawrence Kaplan
>
>
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>From: The archaeobotany mailing list on behalf of Katleen Deckers
>Sent: Mon 12/11/2006 5:09 AM
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>Subject: Cedrus traumatic resin canals
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>Dear colleagues,
>
>In a lot of the Cedrus charcoal remains from different samples from a
>Bronze Age site in Syria (Qatna) I found traumatic resin canals. Does
>anybody know any good literature or information on the causes of
>traumatic resin canals, especially for Cedrus?
>
>Thank you very much in advance,
>Katleen Deckers
>
>
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>Dr. Katleen Deckers
>Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie
>Universität Tübingen
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