From Evenk campfires to prehistoric hearths: charcoal analysis as a tool for identifying the use of rotten wood as fuel
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...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-02009570v1 2023-05-15T16:08:56+02:00 From Evenk campfires to prehistoric hearths: charcoal analysis as a tool for identifying the use of rotten wood as fuel Henry, Auréade Théry-Parisot, Isabelle Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM) Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA) 2014 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02009570 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.005 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.005 hal-02009570 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02009570 doi:10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.005 ISSN: 0305-4403 EISSN: 1095-9238 Journal of Archaeological Science https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02009570 Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier, 2014, 52, pp.321-336. ⟨10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.005⟩ Charcoal analysis Experimentation Hearth Ethnoarchaeology Prehistory Fuel management [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2014 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.005 2022-08-10T05:40:07Z 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, shows how ethno-archaeology can provide an analytical background for the study of complex maneenvironment interrelations. Ethnographic observation confirmed in particular that the moisture content and structural soundness of the wood can be linked to hearth function: rotten conifers for instance, are used for hide smoking by several groups living in the boreal forests of the Northern hemisphere. Charcoal samples from an Evenk hearth fed with rotten Larix cajanderi (Siberian larch) showed a high proportion of microscopic features diagnostic of fungal alterations. A series of systematic experimental combustions on Pinus sylvestris (scots Pine) confirmed the existence of a relationship between the frequency and the intensity of fungal alterations visible after the combustion and the initial state of the wood used in the hearth. The establishment of an alteration index allows now to take a new parameter, the structural soundness of the wood, into account when performing archaeological charcoal analyses. Article in Journal/Newspaper Evenk Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Rotten ENVELOPE(-53.417,-53.417,68.867,68.867) Journal of Archaeological Science 52 321 336 |
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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, shows how ethno-archaeology can provide an analytical background for the study of complex maneenvironment interrelations. Ethnographic observation confirmed in particular that the moisture content and structural soundness of the wood can be linked to hearth function: rotten conifers for instance, are used for hide smoking by several groups living in the boreal forests of the Northern hemisphere. Charcoal samples from an Evenk hearth fed with rotten Larix cajanderi (Siberian larch) showed a high proportion of microscopic features diagnostic of fungal alterations. A series of systematic experimental combustions on Pinus sylvestris (scots Pine) confirmed the existence of a relationship between the frequency and the intensity of fungal alterations visible after the combustion and the initial state of the wood used in the hearth. The establishment of an alteration index allows now to take a new parameter, the structural soundness of the wood, into account when performing archaeological charcoal analyses. |
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Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM) Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA) |
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From Evenk campfires to prehistoric hearths: charcoal analysis as a tool for identifying the use of rotten wood as fuel |
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From Evenk campfires to prehistoric hearths: charcoal analysis as a tool for identifying the use of rotten wood as fuel |
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From Evenk campfires to prehistoric hearths: charcoal analysis as a tool for identifying the use of rotten wood as fuel |
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From Evenk campfires to prehistoric hearths: charcoal analysis as a tool for identifying the use of rotten wood as fuel |
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From Evenk campfires to prehistoric hearths: charcoal analysis as a tool for identifying the use of rotten wood as fuel |
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from evenk campfires to prehistoric hearths: charcoal analysis as a tool for identifying the use of rotten wood as fuel |
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ISSN: 0305-4403 EISSN: 1095-9238 Journal of Archaeological Science https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02009570 Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier, 2014, 52, pp.321-336. ⟨10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.005⟩ |
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