Proceedings of the Fourth International Meeting of Anthracology: Brussels, 8–13 September 2008 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences: Brussels, 8–13 September 2008 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Twenty-five papers presented to the fourth International Meeting of Anthracology held in Brussels at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) between the 8 and 13 September 2008. Introduction / F. Damblon -- Group And Souvenir Photos -- Preface / S. Thiébault -- Evidence From Charcoal Analysis For The Extensive Exploitation Of Cork-oak (quercus Suber) Forest In The Roman Imperial Period: The Vicus Of Thamusida (nw Morocco) / Emilia Allevato ... [et Al.] -- Changes In The Perception Of And The Interaction With The Environment From The Mesolithic (10300-8500 Cal Bc) To The Early Neolithic (c. 5400 Cal Bc) In Can Sadurní Cave (begues, Barcelona Province, Spain). A View From The Archaeobotanical Data / Ferran Antolín ... [et Al.] -- Neolithic Woodland In The North Mediterranean Basin: The Case Of Olea Europaea L / Yolanda Carrión, Maria Ntinou, Ernistina Badal -- Forest Resources Exploitation And Management By Selknam Hunter-gatherer Societies: Results Of The Archaeobotanical Analysis Of Ewan Site (tierra Del Fuego, Argentina) / Laura Caruso Fermé -- Decoding Wood Exploitation Strategies In Archaeological Sites In South-eastern Italy / Daniela Martella, Angela Stellati, Girolamo Fiorentino -- Iron Metallurgy In The Dogon Country (mali, West Africa) - Deforestation Or Sustainable Use? / Barbara Eichhorn ... [et Al.] -- Reconstruction Of The Vegetation And Use Of Wood By Anthracological Analysis Of Holocene Montane And Subalpine Altitude Sites Of The Eastern Pyrenees / Itxaso Euba, Josep Maria Palet Martinez -- The Answer Is Deep Down In The Well: Charcoal And Waterlogged Wood From Archaeological Wells In Southern France / Isabel Figueiral, Lucie Chabal, Laurent Fabre -- Use Of Wood And Environment In Bronze Age Ebla (nw Syria): Results Of The Anthracological Analyses / Girolamo Fiorentino, Valentina Caracuta -- Woody Plants In Semi-arid South-eastern Iberia During The Bronze Age: Charcoal Analysis From Punta De Los Gavilanes (mazarrón, Murcia, Spain) / María Soledad Garcia Martinez, Elena Grau Almero, Maria Milagrosa Ros Sala -- The Abundance Of Old Fossil Charcoals Emphasizes The Assumption Of Huge Palaeofires In The Actual Mixed Moist Semi-evergreen Rainforest Of Northern Republic Of Congo / Jean-françois Gillet, Jean-louis Doucet -- An Experimental And Ecological Approach To Modeling Ancient Fuel Use / David John Goldstein, Izumi Shimada -- Vegetation And Wood Exploitation At Harappa, Punjab (pakistan). First Results Of The Charcoal Analysis / Carla Lancelotti, Margareta Tengberg, Stéphanie Thiébault -- New Data About Wood Use In The Northwest Of The Iberian Peninsula / Marí Martin Seijo, Raquel Piqué I Huerta -- Anthracological Analysis From A Bronze Age Necropolis At Kokotów (poland) / Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo, Andrzej Matoga, Małgorzata Zysnarska -- Charcoals From Iron Smelting Furnaces - Fuel Supply And Environment Of A Medieval Iron Smelting Site Near Peppange/luxembourg / Oliver Nelle, Doris Jansen, Michael Overbeck -- Radius Of Curvature Measurements And Wood Diameter: A Comparison Of Different Image Analysis Techniques / Sandrine Paradis, Alexa Dufraisse, Philippe Allee -- Archaeobotanical Research In The Prehistoric Balearic Islands: Landscape Changes And Cultural Patterns Of Plant Use / Lorenç Picornell Gelabert ... [et Al.] -- Signature Of Forest Fires In Prairie Soils / Elena Ponomarenko, Darwin W. Anderson -- Reconstructing Species Composition At The Time Of Land Clearance: Two Approaches Compared / Elena Ponomarenko, Donna Crossland, Judy Loo -- The Use Of Wood In Argaric Settlements Of The South-eastern Iberian Peninsula / Maria Oliva Rodriguez-ariza -- Anthracology In The Upper Dordogne Valley: A Tool For The History Of A Charcoal Producing Forest / Romain Rouaud, Philippe Allee -- Lower Palaeolithic Charcoal From Irikaitz-geltoki (basque Country, Spain) / Mónica Ruiz-alonzo, Lydia Zapata, Alvaro Arriza-balaga -- Anthracological Analysis From A Mining Site In The Eastern Alps To Evaluate Woodland Uses During The Bronze Age / Anton Stefan Schwarz, Rüdiger Krause, Klaus Oeggl -- Charcoal Analysis Of Lime Kiln Remains In Southern France: An Original Process Of Mediaeval And Modern Traditional Lime Burning / Christophe Vaschalde ... [et Al.]. Edited By Freddy Damblon. Includes Bibliographical References (p. ). Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents List of Illustrations Addresses of the authors and co-authors PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MEETINGOF ANTHRACOLOGY Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, 8 – 13 September 2008 INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLUME GROUP AND SOUVENIR PHOTOS PREFACE EVIDENCE FROM CHARCOAL ANALYSIS FOR THE EXTENSIVE EXPLOITATION OF CORK-OAK (QUERCUS SUBER) FOREST IN THE ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD: THE VICUS OF THAMUSIDA (NW MOROCCO) CHANGES IN THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM THE MESOLITHIC (10300-8500 CAL BC) TO THE EARLY NEOLITHIC (C. 5400 CAL BC) IN CAN SADURNÍ CAVE (BEGUES, BARCELONA PROVINCE, SPAIN) A VIEW FROM THE ARCHAEOBOTANICAL DATA NEOLITHIC WOODLAND IN THE NORTH MEDITERRANEAN BASIN: A REVIEW ON OLEA EUROPAEA L FOREST RESOURCES EXPLOITATION AND MANAGEMENT BY SELKNAM HUNTER-GATHERER SOCIETIES: RESULTS OF THE ARCHAEOBOTANICAL ANALYSIS OF EWAN SITE (TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ARGENTINA) DECODING WOOD EXPLOITATION IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN SOUTH-EASTERN ITALY IRON METALLURGY IN THE DOGON COUNTRY (MALI, WEST AFRICA) – “DEFORESTATION” OR SUSTAINABLE USE? RECONSTRUCTION OF THE VEGETATION AND USE OF WOOD BY ANTHRACOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF HOLOCENE MONTANE AND SUBALPINE ALTITUDE SITES OF THE EASTERN PYRENEES THE ANSWER IS DEEP DOWN IN THE WELL: CHARCOAL AND WATERLOGGED WOOD FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL WELLS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE USE OF WOOD AND ENVIRONMENT IN BRONZE AGE EBLA (NW SYRIA): RESULTS OF THE ANTHRACOLOGICAL ANALYSES WOODY PLANTS IN THE SEMI-ARID SOUTH-EASTERN IBERIAN PENINSULA DURING THE BRONZE AGE: CHARCOAL ANALYSIS FROM PUNTA DE LOS GAVILANES (MAZARRÓN, MURCIA, SPAIN) THE ABUNDANCE OF CHARCOAL FRAGMENTS EMPHASIZES THE ASSUMPTION OF HUGE PALAEOFIRES IN THE MIXED MOIST SEMI-EVERGREEN RAINFOREST OF THE NORTHERN REPUBLIC OF CONGO AN EXPERIMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO MODELING ANCIENT FUEL USE VEGETATION AND WOOD EXPLOITATION AT HARAPPA, PUNJAB (PAKISTAN): PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE CHARCOAL ANALYSIS NEW DATA ABOUT WOOD USE IN THE NORTHWEST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA ANTHRACOLOGICAL ANALYSIS FROM A BRONZE AGE NECROPOLIS AT KOKOTÓW (POLAND) CHARCOALS FROM IRON SMELTING FURNACES – FUEL SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENT OF A MEDIEVAL IRON SMELTING SITE NEAR PEPPANGE/LUXEMBOURG RADIUS OF CURVATURE MEASUREMENTS AND WOOD DIAMETER: A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES ARCHAEOBOTANICAL RESEARCH IN THE PREHISTORIC BALEARIC ISLANDS: LANDSCAPE CHANGES AND CULTURAL PLANT USES SIGNATURE OF FOREST FIRES IN PRAIRIE SOILS RECONSTRUCTING SPECIES COMPOSITION AT THE TIME OF LAND CLEARANCE: TWO APPROACHES COMPARED THE USE OF WOOD IN ARGARIC SETTLEMENTS OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN IBERIAN PENINSULA ANTHRACOLOGY IN THE UPPER DORDOGNE VALLEY: A TOOL FOR THE HISTORY OF A CHARCOAL PRODUCING FOREST LOWER PALAEOLITHIC CHARCOAL FROM IRIKAITZ-GELTOKI SECTOR (BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN) ANTHRACOLOGICAL ANALYSIS FROM A MINING SITE IN THE EASTERN ALPS TO EVALUATE WOODLAND USES DURING THE BRONZE AGE CHARCOAL ANALYSIS OF LIME KILN REMAINS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE: AN ORIGINAL PROCESS OF MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN TRADITIONAL LIME BURNING