Macphail, R. I. and Crowther, J. (2012). East Kent Access Road, Thanet, Kent: Soil Micromorphology and Chemistry. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology.

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Title:		 East Kent Access Road, Thanet, Kent: Soil Micromorphology and Chemistry
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Number of Pages:		 19
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Abstract:		 A small soil micromorphology, LOI and P study of 6 thin sections and bulk samples from 4 sites within the East Kent Access Project, was carried out. EDS microchemistry was also employed on one thin section. Monolith 5108: it can be tentatively suggested that the Neolithic Enclosure ditch records rapid layered sandy and clayey sand infilling in probably open conditions, with the studied thin section being representative of the monolith sample as a whole; rare charcoal probably relict of clearance, was noted. Monolith 6157: a two thin section and bulk soil study of Early Bronze Age barrow-buried soil on chalk seems to suggest a history of, 1) a first occupation perhaps associated with flint working (possibly fine flint debris and other fine anthropogenic inclusions), 2) later use of the area for pasture, which led earthworms to form a stone-free soil, 3) a second, immediately pre-barrow occupation related to use of the site and barrow(s) construction, and 4) post-burial formation of iron manganese nodules and earthworm burrowing through chalky soil associated with the barrow mound.Monolith 6919: a likely ‘turf’ stabilisation horizon was found in a Bronze Age barrow ditch fill on chalk, and this was corroborated by LOI data; background anthropogenic inclusions also occur. Monolith 5325: the two thin section (and EDS) and 3 bulk sample study of Roman dark earth on Thanet Beds found a plausible history of: 1) manured cultivation using probable midden waste associated with a Roman settlement, 2) abandonment/fallowing and biological homogenisation (grassland?), and 3) unknown subsequent (burial?) conditions which produced small amounts iron-manganese staining and in wash of dusty clay. The report is supported by 4 tables, 26 figures and a CD-Rom archive database.
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Author:		 Richard I Macphail
John Crowther
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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POST EXCAVATION ASSESSMENT (Event)
Soil (Object England)
SAMPLE (Object England)
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Project archive: https://doi.org/10.5284/1057493
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Created Date:		 29 Jan 2020