The ancient use of Pinus sylvestris L. (Scots pine) inner bark by Sami people in northern Sweden, related to cultural and ecological factors

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-109

  Zackrisson, O ^a   Ostlund L ^a   Korhonen, O ^b   Bergman, I ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c The Institute for Subarctic Landscape Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bark peeling; Food; Forest history; Pinus sylvestris; Sami

Indexed keywords

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0034216049     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01300060     Document Type: Article

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