Charcoal kilns in the Sonian Forest: remains of a forgotten craft

Aze Peeters presents her PhD research about charcoal kilns on the web

site of the Sonian Forest. She explains how LiDAR reveal the location of hundreds of kilns and how she uses charcoal identifications and radiocarbon dating to reconstruct the forest composition in the past. Read more about it French or in Dutch.

Microscopic image of charred beech wood - Aze Peeters