Sustainable management of wood for charcoal manufacturing activity in the Northern Pyrenees : dendro-anthracological study of charcoal kilns in the Bernadouze forest (Suc-et-Sentenac, Haut-Vicdessos) .

Abstract : This poster presents the results of the dendro-anthracological analysis of charcoals collected in 16 charcoal kilns (CKs) located between 1300 and 1500 m ASL in the Bernadouze forest (Suc-et-Sentenac valley, French Pyrenees) (Fig. 1 and 3) and dated from the 11th to the 20th century. This study aims to restitute the minimum initial diameter of wood collected by charcoal burners in order to provide new insights into wood harvesting strategies, charcoal manufacturing and sylvicultural practices for charcoal products on intended to iron industry. This activity had been on a strong upward trend between the 14th to the 19th centuries.