The acorns are eaten but the husks are used as fuel in mid contin. US. Check out our midwestern colleagues, like Margie Scarry or Sissel Johannessen's work. Best Christine >Dear colleagues, > > >Do you know of use of acorns (Quercus sp. fruits) as fuel? What evidence do >we have and what type of combustion do they produce? > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >KB > >Ksenija Borojevic >Assistant Professor > >Department of Archaeology >Boston University >675 Commonwealth Ave (Suite 345B) >Boston, MA 02215 >Phone: 617 358-1649 >Fax: 617 353-6800 > -- Department of Anthropology University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA. 94720-3710 USA