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Geoarchaeology 22 (8)
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Geoarchaeology 22 (8)
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Geoarchaeology
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22 (8)
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Journal
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Editor:
Paul Goldberg
Rolfe D Mandel
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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Year of Publication:
2007
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gea.v22:8/issuetoc
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25 Feb 2008
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Quantifying prehistoric soil erosion --; a review of soil loss methods and their applicatio...
Matthias Leopold
Jörg Völkel
873 - 889
The paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of three different methods for quantifying prehistoric soil erosion. Method A estimates erosion by determining the amount of colluvium stored downhill. Method B involves reconstructing a former erosion surface using truncated soil horizons. Method C compares the elevation of a paleosol beneath an earthwork with the modern surface in the surrounding area. Each method was applied to a Celtic earthwork (Viereckschanze) in southern Germany in order to cross-check the different results. For an erosion area of 3.6 ha and during 300 years of agricultural usage, Method A calculates a minimum erosion rate of 20.8 t/ha/a. Method B computes 10 t/ha/a of soil loss. Method C yields the highest rate of erosion with 24.2 t/ha/a. The authors express their confidence in Method C, which implies an underassessment of soil loss in using methods A or B.
Book Reviews
Russell K Skowronek
935 - 936
The Cambridge Companion to Historical Archaeology. Dan Hicks and Mary C. Beaudry (Editors), 2006, Cambridge University Press, New York, New York, xvi + 404 pp., $80 (hardcover), $34.99 (paper).