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When did commercial charcoal production and trade begin?

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Charcoal production for metal smelting and heating is documented from the Bronze Age onward across many independent cultures, with no single defensible date for the first commercial trade. 1
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Archaeological dating of the earliest organized charcoal kilns and their trade networks would resolve this. 1
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Archaeology, economic history 1
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Charcoal production for metal smelting and heating is documented from the Bronze Age onward across many independent cultures, with no single defensible date for the first commercial trade.

What would resolve this Archaeological dating of the earliest organized charcoal kilns and their trade networks would resolve this.
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