Roger Gelder wrote:
> The bronze age inhabitants had other requirements, but land clearance
> for arable usage resulted in major de-forestation across England.
> Whilst one cannot say that fast-burn clearance wasn't employed, it
> seems unlikely, bearing in mind the need for good timber by the local
> inhabitants, with their newly acquired fields and the need for
> boundaries and fences, to say nothing of the round houses with their
> requirement for several tonnes of timber support for roofs?
Plus the enormous appetite for charcoal.
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