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Sampling and quantitative analysis methods in anthracology from archaeological contexts: Achievements and prospects

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A critical review of the main methodological achievements in sampling and quantitative analysis in anthracology, the study of wood charcoal macro-remains from archaeological contexts is provided in this paper.
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This article is published in Quaternary International.The article was published on 2021-08-20. It has received 34 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Anthracology & Wood fuel.

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Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on Woodland in Northern Syria (4th–2nd Mill. BC): Evidence from Charcoal Assemblages and Oak Measurements

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated charcoals from the Syrian sites Tell Mozan and Tell Jerablus to understand the impact of 4th to 2nd millennium BC settlement on the vegetation.
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Cal Sitjo: A new Mesolithic to Neolithic sequence in a chert-rich region (Sant Martí de Tous, NE Iberia)

TL;DR: Cal Sitjo is a new archaeological sequence located in a chert-rich region of the NE Iberian Peninsula, in the town of Sant Martí de Tous (Anoia, Barcelona) as mentioned in this paper .
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A southern refugium for temperate tree species in the Mediterranean mountains of El Port massif (NE Iberia): Charcoal analysis at Cova Del Vidre

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the analysis of wood charcoal from Cova del Vidre (Roquetes, Tarragona, Spain) to understand the transition from hunting and gathering to farming in a mountainous region of north-eastern Iberia so far unexplored by archaeobotany.
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Paleoethnobotany: A Handbook of Procedures

TL;DR: Paleo-ethnobotany is the study of human-plant interactions throughout history as mentioned in this paper, and it has been studied extensively in the field of botany and anthropology.
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Anthracology and taphonomy, from wood gathering to charcoal analysis. A review of the taphonomic processes modifying charcoal assemblages, in archaeological contexts

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the taphonomic processes affecting anthracological assemblages in archaeological contexts, from wood gathering to the analysis of charcoal results, is presented.
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Reconstructing Woodland Vegetation and its Exploitation by Past Societies, based on the Analysis and Interpretation of Archaeological Wood Charcoal Macro-Remains

TL;DR: In this paper, the significance of the analysis of archaeological wood charcoal macro-remains as a tool for the reconstruction of woodland vegetation and its exploitation is discussed, drawing from both older and more recent publications a number of theoretical and methodological approaches are examined.
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Charcoal analysis and dendrology: data from archaeological sites in north-western France

TL;DR: In this paper, the average width of the growth rings in oak charcoal from domestic hearths coming from about forty sites in north-western France has been measured using a binocular lens.
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Day-Ahead Photovoltaic Forecasting: A Comparison of the Most Effective Techniques

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the performance of two methods for the prediction of the power output of photovoltaic systems based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), which have been trained on the same dataset, thus enabling a much-needed homogeneous comparison.
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