At the XXI UISPP World Congress in Poznan (Poland), the Pyroarchaeology commission is organizing Thematic Session 1F 'Multi-method, multi-proxy: promoting multidisciplinary approaches in pyroarcheology'. The session explores the origins, uses, and cultural and environmental significance of fire, bringing together multidisciplinary approaches to distinguish natural from anthropogenic fires, interpret fire traces, and investigate the development of pyrotechnologies and fire-related techniques.