| Title: |
Textural pedofeatures and pre-Hadrian's Wall ploughed paleosols at Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumbria, U.K.
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| Issue: |
J Archaeol Sci 28 (5) |
| Series: |
Journal of Archaeological Science
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| Volume: |
28
(5)
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| Page Start/End: |
541 - 553 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Reports on some macro- and micromorphological analyses which were carried out on contexts in a series of five trenches containing pre-Roman plough grooves in moderately sandy buried soil profiles. Micromorphological observations of thirty-one thin sections showed that the pedofeatures (soil features) in question were not preferentially distributed in thin sections of sediments from within or below the plough layers, but were more concentrated in contexts which, as shown by field and archaeological evidence, were unlikely to have been affected by cultivation. Conversely, the pedofeatures were absent in other thin sections of sediments from and below the contexts where past agriculture was documented by field and archaeological features. The analysis also showed that the pedofeatures in question tended to be distributed in parts of the sequence with suitable porosity, soil structure and texture rather than in relation to the position of the cultivated layers. All the results in this case study showed that silty, sandy and dusty pedofeatures were not diagnostic for past agricultural practices. |
| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Archaeological Features (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Plough Grooves (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Micromorphological Analyses (Auto Detected Subject) |
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Soils/Sediments
(BIAB)
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| Source: |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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| Created Date: |
07 Dec 2001 |
