pyrocultural

comparative more pyrocultural · superlative most pyrocultural

1. Of or relating to pyroculture.

   This first pyrocultural activity entailed the chemical reduction of ore minerals in charcoal-burning furnaces.

   2016, Mike Leeder, Joy Lawlor, GeoBritannica: Geological Landscapes and the British Peoples

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   Reinterpreting early eyewitness accounts and visual records, Gammage enables the reader to ‘see’ what was once invisible: a land intentionally shaped by skilful pyrocultural interventions.

   2020, Jeremy Walker, More Heat Then Life: The Tangled Roots of Ecology, Energy and Economics, page 61

   Due to his ingenuity Homo learned to unleash the energy of wood by taming wild fire and stepped into the pyrocultural age.

   2018, Johannes Deutsch, “Exploring energy related knowledge in technology and natural science education: Uncovering energy related understanding of students in the German federal state North Rhine-Westphalia at the end of lower secondary education”, in Marc J. de Vries et al., editors, Research in Technology Education: International Approaches, page 45