Macphail, R. I., Crowther, J., Acott, T., Bell, M. G. and Cruise, G. M. (2003). The Experimental Earthwork at Wareham, Dorset after 33 years. J Archaeol Sci 30 (1). Vol 30(1), pp. 77-93.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
The Experimental Earthwork at Wareham, Dorset after 33 years | ||||||||||
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Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
changes to the buried LFH and Ah horizons | ||||||||||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
J Archaeol Sci 30 (1) | ||||||||||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Journal of Archaeological Science | ||||||||||
Volume Volume number and part |
30 (1) | ||||||||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
77 - 93 | ||||||||||
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Journal | ||||||||||
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
Reports upon the effects of thirty-three years of burial upon the micromorphology, chemistry and magnetic susceptibility of the topsoil of a lowland podzol, buried beneath the bank of the Experimental Earthwork built at Wareham, Dorset, UK, in 1963. The turf-cored sand bank and associated ditch were constructed to replicate features of archaeological monuments found on acid heathland podzols. As local soils were not fully recorded in 1963, unburied control profiles as well as turf- and sand-buried soils of the 1996 excavated section were studied. The most marked changes affected the bLFH horizon, which was reduced from a likely maximum thickness of 70mm to 1--4mm, a transformation already strongly established after only seventeen years (1980). Compression, meso-faunal mixing and incipient `ferruginization' accompanied decomposition and the transformation of an open, plant tissue-rich excremental fabric to a dominant amorphous form. The bAh was less obviously affected. While the extent of organic decomposition in the buried soil cannot be established with certainty from organic C data, continuing decomposition is indicated by a lowering of the C/N ratio, an increase in the pyrophosphate ext. C:organic C ratio, an increase in alkali soluble humus, and reductions in organic matter recorded in image analysis of thin sections, especially in the sand-buried soil. Major differences between the two burial environments (sand and turf) may result from the buried turf having a greater water holding capacity compared to the sands, the moister environment more strongly inhibiting decomposition and activity by mesofauna compared to the sand-buried soil. | ||||||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2003 | ||||||||||
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BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
07 Aug 2003 |
