Reconstruction with high spatio-temporal resolution of past forest dynamics and charcoal-making activities in an upper metallurgical valley in the eastern Pyrenees : first geoarchaeological, dendro and anthracological results

Léonel Fouedjeu Foumou (1) , Vanessa Py (1) , Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet (2) , Raquel Cunill (1) , Mélanie Saulnier (1) , Cécile Brun (1) , Jean-Paul Métailié (1) , Didier Galop (1)

1 GEODE - Géographie de l'environnement
2 GEOLAB - Laboratoire de Géographie Physique et Environnementale

This study aims to reconstruct with high spatiotemporal resolution the history of a forest located in the High Vicdessos valley where mining and iron ore processing activities are attested from the Roman period to the 19th century. The study area (Fig. 1) is located on the west part of the Suc-et-Sentenac Commune in the beech forest of Bernadouze (Fig. 2) where 81 charcoal kilns were detected by field investigation(Fig. 3). They range between 1300 and 1500 m asl in an area of 32 ha.

Keywords: forest; iron ore processing activities; Pyrenees

Domains: Geography

Léonel Fouedjeu Foumou, Vanessa Py, Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet, Raquel Cunill, Mélanie Saulnier, et al.. Reconstruction with high spatio-temporal resolution of past forest dynamics and charcoal-making activities in an upper metallurgical valley in the eastern Pyrenees : first geoarchaeological, dendro and anthracological results. Colloque international: "Into the woods Overlapping perspectives on the history of ancient forests", Apr 2017, Padoue, Italy. 2017, ⟨10.26147/5qbw-m060⟩. ⟨hal-01515907⟩