Often present are fragmented fish and animal bones, carbonized shell, charcoal, ash, and other waste products, all embedded in a sequence of soil that has been deposited atop the hearth.
The discovery of food processing tools and carbonized seeds suggest that these people were growing much of their food.
During sintering, the binders either burn off or carbonize and form a crystalline structure between the carbon, copper and other additives.
Completely carbonize beams and burning on the underside of floors suggests the fire was deliberate.
Those fibers were manufactured by heating strands of rayon until they carbonized.
The charcoal used in chanoyu for the most part is made of chestnut-leaved oak ("kunugi"), carbonized by long hours of smoldering in a kiln.
The scrolls are badly carbonized, but a large number have been unrolled, with varying degrees of success.
Through frying, one can sear or even carbonize the surface of foods while caramelizing sugars.
