This article discusses paleoethnobotanical research and results presented in the recent
literature. Although archaeobotany is a fairly recent addition to the study of the past, it now …

Aim The aim of this paper is to analyse fossil charcoal deposits, largely identified to the
species level and spanning a sequence from the late Holocene to< 40,000 bp, in order to …

One little understood aspect of the settlement and colonisation of Iceland is fuel resource
use. In this paper we identify fuel ash residues from temporally constrained middens at two …

Caves and rock shelters contribute important records to local, regional and sub-continental
reconstructions of environment and climate change through the southern African …

The potential to provide environmental proxies using stable carbon isotopes from modern
and archaeological charcoal is explored. Experiments on modern Podocarpus …

Fuel is a basic resource enabling energy production, and its exploitation was a major activity
in Neanderthal daily life. In this work we present charcoal results obtained from the Abric …

We conducted an anthracological analysis of charcoal remains from Border Cave's member
1RGBS to provide environmental context for the site's occupation ca. 74 ka. Charcoal …

The past 5 million years mark a global change from the warmer, more stable climate of the
Pliocene to the initiation of glacial–interglacial cycles during the Pleistocene. Marine core …

This paper assesses the landscape and management of firewood resources during the
Holocene at La Garrotxa (Girona, NE Iberia), a middle mountain region (400-1600 m asl) …

In southern Africa, archaeobotanical studies are intrinsically linked to prehistoric
investigation and the discipline of anthracology has already proved its potential for …