@article{f7a339f803b94ae297427835f6bc767e,
title = "An initiative for a morphologic-genetic catalog of relict charcoal hearths from Central Europe",
abstract = "The increasing availability of high-resolution topographic data, coupled with image analysis and machine learning techniques, is rapidly changing the way archaeological sites are digitally identified and mapped. We present a catalog of common forms of relict charcoal hearths (RCHs) in Central Europe to improve the evaluation of morphologic and genetic features in future mapping approaches. RCHs are important historical landscape features created from the production of charcoal. RCHs are noted in Central Europe from the Medieval Period, but also are widespread near (pre-)industrial mining centers. Different forms of charcoal hearths were created by workers known as colliers, and their hearth building techniques may have differed on a regional scale. Our catalog is based on a morphologic–genetic grouping of RCHs. Due to topographic effects, reuse of production sites, or local techniques, this catalog is nonexhaustive, but most RCHs in Central Europe can be grouped into one of seven types.",
author = "Florian Hirsch and Anna Schneider and Alexander Bonhage and Alexandra Raab and Drohan, {Patrick J.} and Thomas Raab",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank the anonymous reviewers and the editor Sarah Sherwood for their comments. We are grateful to the for providing the photograph for the charcoal production in Rietschen (Figure 2c ), the for providing the SRM data for type 3c RCH in Figure 1 , the for providing the SRM data of type 3a RCH in Figure 1 . We also thank the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection (BLfD) and the Brandenburgisches Landesamt f{\"u}r Denkmalpflege und Arch{\"a}ologisches Landesmuseum (BLDAM) for providing information on RCHs described during archaeological surveys. We are grateful to the German Research Foundation (DFG) for funding (Grant Numbers RA 931/6‐1 and RA 1129/3‐118Bra). This study was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and McIntire‐Stennis Appropriations under Project #PEN04718 and Accession #1020584. Sorbisches Kulturarchiv at the Sorbische Institut Bautzen Landesamt f{\"u}r Arch{\"a}ologie Dresden Amt der Steierm{\"a}rkischen Landesregierung Referat Statistik und Geoinformation Funding Information: The authors thank the anonymous reviewers and the editor Sarah Sherwood for their comments. We are grateful to the Sorbisches Kulturarchiv at the Sorbische Institut Bautzen for providing the photograph for the charcoal production in Rietschen (Figure?2c), the Landesamt f?r Arch?ologie Dresden for providing the SRM data for type 3c RCH in Figure?1, the Amt der Steierm?rkischen Landesregierung Referat Statistik und Geoinformation for providing the SRM data of type 3a RCH in Figure?1. We also thank the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection (BLfD) and the Brandenburgisches Landesamt f?r Denkmalpflege und Arch?ologisches Landesmuseum (BLDAM) for providing information on RCHs described during archaeological surveys. We are grateful to the German Research Foundation (DFG) for funding (Grant Numbers RA 931/6-1 and RA 1129/3-118Bra). This study was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and McIntire-Stennis Appropriations under Project #PEN04718 and Accession #1020584. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Authors. Geoarchaeology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC",
year = "2020",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/gea.21799",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "35",
pages = "974--983",
journal = "Geoarchaeology",
issn = "0883-6353",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",
number = "6",
}