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In the multiprofile sequence at North Gill, North Yorkshire, charcoal
has been recognized in the profiles and its stratigraphic and spatial
occurrences during the mid-Holocene are discussed here. Two size class
es are recognized and their relationships and possible origins discuss
ed; the relation of the whole to questions of fire management by hunte
r-gatherer cultures in north-west Europe is also addressed. (C) 1996 A
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