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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-493-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-493-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Mapping and spatial distribution of relict charcoal hearths across Poland
Michał Słowiński
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Past Landscape Dynamics, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Agnieszka Halaś
Department of Past Landscape Dynamics, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Michał A. Niedzielski
Department of Urban and Population Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Krzysztof Szewczyk
Department of Past Landscape Dynamics, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Jerzy Jonczak
Department of Soil Science, Institute of Agriculture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warszawa, Poland
Dominika Łuców
Department of Past Landscape Dynamics, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Sebastian Tyszkowski
Department of Environmental Resources and Geohazards, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Sandra Słowińska
Climate Research Department, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Agnieszka Gruszczyńska
Department of Past Landscape Dynamics, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Bogusława Kruczkowska
Department of Soil Science, Institute of Agriculture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warszawa, Poland
Aleksandra Chojnacka
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warszawa, Poland
Tomasz Polkowski
Department of Past Landscape Dynamics, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Krzysztof Sztabkowski
Laboratory of Natural Environment Chemistry, Forest Research Institute, Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Sękocin Stary, Poland
Dariusz Brykała
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Research into the Anthropocene, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Jacek Wolski
Department of Geoecology, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Tomasz Samojlik
Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland
Adrian Kaszkiel
Climate Research Department, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Barbara Gmińska-Nowak
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Research into the Anthropocene, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Mateusz Kramkowski
Department of Environmental Resources and Geohazards, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Tomasz Związek
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Research into the Anthropocene, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Data sets
ReCHAR database - spatial distribution of relict charcoal hearths across Poland Michał Słowiński et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15630690
Short summary
Poland’s first national inventory of relict charcoal hearths maps >634,000 features from light detection and ranging (LiDAR) digital terrain models (DTMs) processed in QGIS 3.18. We used relief-shaded bare-earth DTMs and web map tile services (WMTS), classifying features by size, form, slope, and environment into three main types. The open-access ReCHAR database supports research on forest history, early industries, and human–environment interactions.
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