Charcoal Analysis: New Analytical Tools and Methods for Archaeology: Papers from the Table-Ronde held in Basel 2004

9 papers from a symposium held in Basel in 2004 to discuss current aspects of charcoal analysis, including: (1) Palaeo-Ecological Reliability of Pedo-Anthacological Assemblages (Claire Delhon); (2) Charcoal sampling Sites and Procedures: Practical Themes from Ireland (Ingelise Stulits); (3) Mine Charcoal Deposits: Methods and Strategies.The Medieval Fournel Silver Mines in the Hautes-Alpes (France)(Vanessa Py); (4) Charcoal Anatomy Potential,Wood Diameter and Radial growth (Alexa Dufraisse); (5) Anthracological Analysis of recent Charcoal-Burning in the Black Forest, SW Germany (Thomas Ludemann); (6) Archaeological Experiments in Fire-setting: Protocol, Fuel and Anthracological Approach (Vanessa Py and Bruno Ancel); (7) Tres Montes (Navarra, Spain): Dendrology and Wood uses in an arid Environment (Yolanda Carrión Marco); (8) Wood-Anatomical Evidence of pollarding in Ring porous Species: a Study to develop? (Stéphanie Thiebault); (9) Evidence of trimmed Oaks (Quercus sp.) in North Western France during the early Middle Ages (Vincent Bernard, Sylvain Renaudin and Dominique Marguerie).