Essays about: "clothes trading"

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1. 6. "How long does it take a ritual to build up, to take hold and become standard practice?" : bark peeling in Scandinavia and North America

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

   Author : Lisa Ahlberg; [2001]
   Keywords : forest history; bark; North America;

   Abstract : Independently, the Sami people in northern Scandinavia and native people in the north temperate and boreal zone of North America have utilized the cambium layer of bark from both coniferous and deciduous trees as food, medicine, as well as material for other requirements; clothes, baskets and various kinds of wrapping. The sharp seasonal environments created food shortages in certain periods and inner bark thus became an important food component. READ MORE