From Evenk campfires to prehistoric hearths: charcoal analysis as a tool for identifying the use of rotten wood as fuel

• Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science
• Main Authors: Henry, Auréade, Théry-Parisot, Isabelle
• Other Authors: Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (. - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: Fuel management; Prehistory; Hearth; Experimentation; Charcoal analysis; Ethnoarchaeology; [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory; Rotten; Evenk
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02009570; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.005

International audience We present a new approach combining ethnoarchaeology and experimentation aiming towards a better understanding of prehistoric firewood use and management. The example of present fuel management practices among a residentially mobile group of Evenk Siberian reindeer herders, sh...