FACT: Archaeologists found the 13th century scribblings of a 7-year-old boy. By Rachel Feltman. Dating back to at least the 1st century in various parts of the world, people have used birch bark ...

So birch bark is waterproof and flammable — terrific for getting a fire going on a rainy day. In recent times this white bark, loaded with betulin, has sparked human interest for a different reason.

(The appeal of white birch bark, Mr. Meyer said, is its brightness, ... The headline appeared correctly in print. When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction.

Only the tar produced underground contained a significant amount of suberin, a polymer found in birch bark that was also prominent in the ancient tool residue. There was hardly any suberin in the ...

The most common method was to fill them with soup or other liquid and add hot stones to bring the contents to a boil.(2) Rough "boiling baskets" made out of extra-thick birch bark could be hung ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Birch Bark is one of the oldest trees on the planet. Now, a University of Minnesota startup company is turning its bark into a variety of products. For thousands of years ...

One of the oldest-known examples of a Native American birch-bark canoe is on display at a museum in Maine, where indigenous tribes have used them for thousands of years.

Possible ID would be Huron (Wendat). Embroidered birch bark trays are commonly seen as tourist items made by Native people of the Quebec region for tourism purposes, trading, and sale to collectors.