Sawpits in the forest: A case study of a failed timber-getting operation during the nineteenth century

IF 1.1 3区 历史学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY
S. Winter
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Abstract The nineteenth century timber industry in Western Australia relied on traditional British technologies and struggled to deal with massive old-growth jarrah trees, and the subsequent transportation of milled timber to market. Mason’s Mill, situated in the Darling Range to the east of Perth, had access to a vast amount of high quality timber, yet was economically unviable for most of its 20 year history, ultimately failing in the mid-1870s. Archaeological survey of the mill site and associated primary extractive sites demonstrate that a significant corpus of evidence of timber-getting activities remains in the forest. While ephemeral, this evidence allows a greater understanding of difficulties encountered by early timber-getting operations, and how reliance on obsolete technologies, and inadequate transport options, ultimately undermined Mason’s Mill’s ability to succeed.
森林中的锯木坑:19世纪一次失败的伐木作业的案例研究
19世纪,西澳大利亚州的木材工业依靠传统的英国技术,努力处理大量古老的jarrah树,以及随后将木材运往市场的运输。梅森磨坊位于珀斯以东的达令山脉,拥有大量高质量的木材,但在20年的历史中,大部分时间在经济上都不可行,最终在19世纪70年代中期倒闭。对磨坊遗址和相关的主要采伐地点的考古调查表明,森林中仍有大量木材采伐活动的证据。虽然这是短暂的,但这一证据让我们更好地理解了早期木材获取作业所遇到的困难,以及对过时技术的依赖和不充分的运输选择最终削弱了梅森磨坊成功的能力。
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