“…Corretti, ). A common hypothesis is that smelting on Elba could not be pursued due to a lack of fuel after deforestation of the island (Corretti, ; Corretti, ; Corretti, Benvenuti, Chiarantini, & Cambi, ; Harris, ; Hughes, ; Nihlén, ; Pococke, ; Williams, ; Wiman, —contra: Grove & Rackham, ). Authors refer to the ancient texts or their own observations of a degraded landscape on Elba (e.g., Penna, ; Wiman, ).…”