High concentration of charcoal hearth remains as legacy of historical ferrous metallurgy in southern Poland

P Rutkiewicz, I Malik, M Wistuba, A Osika - Quaternary International, 2019 - Elsevier
In the preliminary research by using DTMs from airborne LIDAR data we found an
unexpectedly high concentration of charcoal hearth remains which can potentially provide …

Pyrolysis characteristics of undervalued wood varieties in the portuguese charcoal sector

F Charvet, F Silva, L Ruivo, L Tarelho, A Matos… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Charcoal production in Portugal is mostly based on the valorization of woody residues from
cork oak and holm oak, the latter being considered a reference feedstock in the market …

[HTML][HTML] The Potential of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Hemiboreal Baltic Region: A Review

K Liepiņš, A Bleive - Forests, 2025 - mdpi.com
As European forests face increasing threats from climate change and disturbances,
diversifying tree species can be a crucial strategy to safeguard their ecological functions and …

Charcoal production in Portugal: operating conditions and performance of a traditional brick kiln

F Charvet, A Matos, J Figueiredo da Silva, L Tarelho… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Charcoal is produced in large quantities in the Portuguese region of Alentejo mainly using
traditional brick kilns. Information about this type of carbonization technology is scarce …

The old charcoal kiln sites in Central Italian forest landscapes

E Carrari, E Ampoorter, F Bottalico, G Chirici… - Quaternary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Production of wood charcoal in the Mediterranean countries started over two millennia ago
and vanished almost completely only in the last century. The legacy of this activity are …

Historical charcoal burning and coppicing suppressed beech and increased forest vegetation heterogeneity

F Máliš, P Bobek, R Hédl… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Questions Long‐term legacies of historical human activities in temperate forests are
increasingly recognised as an important driver of vegetation diversity and composition. To …

Architecture of relict charcoal hearths in northwestern Connecticut, USA

T Raab, F Hirsch, W Ouimet, KM Johnson… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Relict charcoal hearths are round or elliptical earthen platforms up to 11 m in diameter and a
widespread feature of historical industry that supplied charcoal used in the production of iron …

Formation, classification, and properties of soils at two relict charcoal hearth sites in Brandenburg, Germany

F Hirsch, A Schneider, A Bauriegel, A Raab… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Historical charcoal production can have significant effects on soil properties. We studied
soils at former charcoal production sites (relict charcoal hearths, RCHs) and compared these …

Dye tracer visualization of infiltration patterns in soils on relict charcoal hearths

A Schneider, F Hirsch, A Raab, T Raab - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenically modified soils are often characterized by a high heterogeneity of
substrates and show unique patterns of water infiltration. Such effects are not limited to …

Long term anthropogenic enrichment of soil organic matter stocks in forest soils–Detecting a legacy of historical charcoal production

A Bonhage, F Hirsch, A Schneider, A Raab… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent findings of several thousand relict charcoal hearths (RCHs) in the Tauer Forest
(Brandenburg, Germany) raise questions about the legacy effects of historical charcoal …