Dendrochronology improves understanding of the charcoal production history

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/86652079:_____/22:00560866

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2022.125994" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2022.125994</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2022.125994" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.dendro.2022.125994</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Dendrochronology improves understanding of the charcoal production history

Original language description

Charcoal piles have become a frequent subject of research in recent years as a better understanding of past human activities in forests is sought. The age of charcoal piles is usually determined by radiocarbon dating; dendrochronology is rarely used because of the small size of preserved charcoal remains and the insufficient number of visible tree rings. This paper presents the potential for dendrochronological and 14C method in research into charcoal piles. From 14 charcoal-burning sites in the Czech Republic, 214 pieces of charcoal were anatomically identified at the genus level and dendrochronologically analysed. Our results show that fir dominated in these charcoal remains, followed by oak, beech, spruce and pine. With an overall dendrochronological dating success of 24%, fir charcoal was dated most often (65%) with measurable tree rings ranging from 14 to 90. The oldest charcoals were dendrochronologically dated to summer 1682 CE; conversely, the youngest had end dates in the second half of the 19th century. The relatively poor dating success of oak charcoal very likely resulted from the use of branches for charcoal production rather than tree trunks. Based on an analysis of selected charcoal samples, we confirm that radiocarbon dating provided a very wide range of dates in the post-1650 CE period and the use of the wiggle-matching method was usually challenging because of short TRW series. Based on samples with preserved waney edges, we conclude that charcoal was more commonly made from wood felled in the summer than in the winter. Despite the relatively low level of success of dendrochronological dating, it seems more effective for dating charcoal than the 14C method, especially with samples from the last 350 years.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project

<a href="/en/project/DG20P02OVV017" target="_blank" >DG20P02OVV017: Mapping the cultural heritage of human activities in forests</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Dendrochronologia

ISSN

1125-7865

e-ISSN

1612-0051

Volume of the periodical

75

Issue of the periodical within the volume

October

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

125994

UT code for WoS article

000847976900002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85135858152