Robyn Veal's Research Details
  • Research Focus
  • Resource economics
    • Natural Resource Economics in the Ancient World
    • Wood or Wood Charcoal? Questioning sustainability
    • A quantitative model for the ancient fuel supply to Pompeii AD 79
    • Overview of Charcoal Analysis
    • Field Collection
  • Projects
    • Select Project Collaborations
    • Pompeii & Campania
  • Conferences
  • Outreach
  • Contact

Field collection of Archaeological Wood and Charcoal

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Pompeii outside the city walls (Photo: Veal)
Charcoal (and occasionally wood) can be recovered during archaeological excavation using a number of sampling techniques, and basic equipment.  The first file below, accessible by download, provides an overview of the recovery methods and equipment needed, and the different uses to which archaeological charcoal may be put to assist in answering dating, landscape, cultural and economic questions. An alternative file in Italian is also provided.  This also covers more generally, different strategies for environmental data collection, as well as the building of an environmental flotation machine.

charcoal_and_wood_field_protocols_updated_july_2014.pdf
File Size: 120 kb
File Type: pdf
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guida_al_ricupero_dei_resti_organici_usando_una_macchina_di_flottazione.docx
File Size: 3066 kb
File Type: docx
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  • Research Focus
  • Resource economics
    • Natural Resource Economics in the Ancient World
    • Wood or Wood Charcoal? Questioning sustainability
    • A quantitative model for the ancient fuel supply to Pompeii AD 79
    • Overview of Charcoal Analysis
    • Field Collection
  • Projects
    • Select Project Collaborations
    • Pompeii & Campania
  • Conferences
  • Outreach
  • Contact