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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
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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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