I have a short 1 pager biblio on Culturally Scarred Trees if anyone wants
it.  I started it a couple of years ago and meant it to be much more
ambitious but never got around to keep working on it.

Smoke.


Smoke (Michael A.) Pfeiffer, RPA
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
605 West Main Street
Russellville, Arkansas 72801
(479) 968-2354  Ext. 233
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There has been a considerable amount of material produced on CMTs in
British
Columbia.  Much of this literature deals with CMTs protected by provincial
heritage legislation (the Heritage Conservation Act).  Protected sites in
most cases must predate 1846.  This means that many species of CMTs are
under reported.  There is a good summary of available literature on the BC
Association of Professional Consulting Archaeologists website
(www.bcapca.bc.ca) on the links page and there is a recording handbook with
examples available from the provincial government at
(http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/mr/mr091.htm). You might also wish
to contact Morley Eldridge of Millennia Research and Arnoud Stryd of Arcas
(both addresses are on the association webisite) who have done important
work with CMTs in BC. Let me know how your project progresses.  I may be
able to help with information from the grey literature if you contact me
off
list.

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Subject: Bark-stripped birch trees


Histarchers. . .

Two colleagues and I are considering undertaking a paper dealing with the
subject of culturally modified trees (CMTs), specifically birch trees in
Alaska's interior that have had their bark stripped off for use in making
baskets, canoes, etc.

Does anyone on the list know of any good references dealing with the
subject
of CMTs?  (We do have a copy of Brian Pegg's paper in Volume 24 of the
Canadian Journal of Archaeology).  My colleagues and I are especially keen
to see how archaeologists in Canada and the northern US have been dealing
with bark stripped birch trees from a cultural resource management
perspective.  We would also welcome general comments from members on
Histarch.

Thanks, folks!


Kris Farmen
Northern Land Use Research, Inc.
Fairbanks, Alaska