Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology

Goldberg, Paul; Macphail, Richard I.

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“…Four sites with midden soils (Kämpf et al, 2003;Goldberg & Macphail, 2006) formed from shell mounds (8) The term midden soil used in this study was not intended to support the concept of anthropogenic soils of the Brazilian System of Soil Classification, which to date contains no comparable definition of shell midden soils; the term refers to materials at sites of prehistoric human occupation, pedogenetically transformed, whose archaeological nature was substantially modified by pedogenesis; it represents a pedostratigraphic sequence in the sense used by Goldberg & Macphail (2006 All ages and classifications of the above sites were obtained from the study of Tenorio et al (2005). The profiles were described and the soil sampled as suggested by Santos et al (2005).…”

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“…One of the most unique and significant archaeological remains left by pre-Columbian peoples on Brazilian territory are the Sambaquis, or shell middens, commonly found in several coastal areas of the world (Goldberg & Macphail, 2006). The oldest in Brazil were dated at about 8000 and the youngest around 2000 years before present (BP), (Prous, 1992).…”

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“…The properties of these soils differ in the darker color and the presence of cultural remains (artifacts, burials, charcoal fragments, among others) from other soils, and are therefore characterized as Archeo-anthrosols (8) or shellmidden soil (Kämpf et al, 2003;Goldberg & Macphail, 2006).…”

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Physical and chemical attributes of archaeological soils developed from shell middens in the Região dos Lagos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corrêa¹,

Schaefer²,

Melo

et al. 2011

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Solo

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SUMMARYIn prehistoric times, innumerous shell middens, called "sambaquis", consisting mainly of remains of marine organisms, were built along the Brazilian coast. Although the scientific community took interest in these anthropic formations, especially since the nineteenth century, their pedological context is still poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to characterize and identify the physical and chemical changes induced by soil-forming processes, as well as to compare the morphology of shell midden soils with other, already described, anthropogenic soils of Brazil. Four soil profiles developed from shell middens in the Região dos Lagos -RJ were morphologically described and the physical and chemical properties determined. The chemical analysis showed that Ca, Mn, Mg, and particularly P and Zn are indicators of anthropic horizons of midden soils, as in the Amazon Dark Earths (Terras Pretas de Índio). After the deposition of P-rich material, P reaction and leaching can mask or disturb the evidence of in situ man- (1) RESUMO: ATRIBUTOS FÍSICOS E QUÍMICOS DE SOLOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS DESENVOLVIDOS DE SAMBAQUIS DA REGIÃO DOS LAGOS -RJ, BRASIL

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Physical and chemical attributes of archaeological soils developed from shell middens in the Região dos Lagos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corrêa¹,

Schaefer²,

Melo

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“…Esses avanços são reflexos também da constatação de sua relevância como instrumento para análises e reconstituições paleoambientais (Andreis, 1981;Goldbery, 1982Goldbery, , 1984Petrov, 1991;Retallack, 1990Retallack, , 1997aSheldon & Tabor, 2009), na caracterização de antigas atmosferas e paleoclimas (Boucot & Gray, 1991;Parrish, 1998;Bradley, 1999;Sheldon & Tabor, 2009), para correlações estratigráficas (Wright, 1992;Firman, 1994;Kraus, 1999), como indicativo de antigas superfícies de relevo (Andreis, 1981;Ollier, 1991;Schaefer & Dalrymple, 1995;Ollier & Pain, 1996;Zeese, 1996;Pillans, 2006), de certas concentrações minerais (petróleo, carvão, ferro, urânio, caulim, etc. ) (Andreis, 1981;Kraus, 1992;Wilson, 1983;Frimel, 2005), de processos pedogenéticos (Andreis, 1981;Retallack, 1990Retallack, , 1997a, processos sedimentares (Davies & Gibling, 2010), como indicativo de deriva continental (Kumar, 1986, Tardy & Roquin, 1998, na geoarqueologia (Retallack, 1991;Holliday, 1992;Rapp Jr. & Hill, 1998;Stein & Ferrand, 2001;French, 2003;Goldberg & Macphail, 2006). Atualmente, a Paleopedologia é reconhecida como uma área do conhecimento com forte aplicabilidade em diferentes ramos do conhecimento, fato que tem estimulado a produção científica nessa área, constatado pelo grande número de artigos nas revistas intern...…”

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Solos do passado: origem e identificação

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2010

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Solo

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RESUMOSolos resultam da interação de fatores e processos operantes nas diferentes paisagens da superfície terrestre. Ao longo do tempo geológico, essas paisagens se modificam, bem como os perfis de solo a elas associados. Decorrentes de processos eólicos, hídricos, tectônicos, climáticos ou mesmo da atividade antrópica, essas mudanças remodelam a paisagem de forma gradual ou catastrófica e, geralmente, irreversível, destruindo os solos associados. Entretanto, determinadas situações permitem que os solos sejam originalmente preservados em áreas específicas dessa paisagem pretérita, incorporando-se a sequências sedimentares ou vulcânicas, gerando os denominados paleossolos. Estes fornecem informações e evidências valiosas em estudos de reconstituições paleoambientais, principalmente quando o registro fossilífero é raro ou inexistente, na caracterização de antigas atmosferas e paleoclimas, de correlações estratigráficas, como indicativo de antigas superfícies de relevo, de certas concentrações minerais, de paleoprocessos pedogenéticos, processos sedimentares, como indicativo de deriva continental, na geoarqueologia. No Brasil, pesquisas envolvendo paleossolos são ainda relativamente raras e recentes, cujo marco inicial data da década de 1970, ao passo que nos Estados Unidos e na Europa pesquisas em que os paleossolos constituem o cerne da investigação ou possuem papel de destaque estão bastante avançadas e disseminadas. Esta revisão trata dos conceitos básicos da paleopedologia, objetivando despertar o interesse, no meio científico pedológico, para esse tema ainda pouco explorado no País.

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“…We anticipate that the discipline will continue to grow, providing greater insight into our collective past while finding increasing relevance to current social and environmental challenges where deep time perspectives of human adaptation and ecological change are beneficial. The last 25 years have seen important advances in many areas of geoarchaeological and related research (see Bell & Walker, 2005;Goldberg & Macphail, 2006), including work on Quaternary landscape dynamics, multi-proxy paleoclimatic reconstruction, dating methods, the use of micromorphology in the elucidation of site-formation processes, the geophysical investigation of sites and sediments, and in the physical and chemical characterization of artifacts and their sources. We are likely to see improved quantification of the anthropogenic component in site sediment records, and new opportunities are opening up in the application of geoarchaeological methods to forensic science.…”

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Editorial introduction: 25 years of Geoarchaeology

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Geoarchaeology

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emerged from the rapid growth in interdisciplinary research that took place in the 1970s and 1980s as new ideas and new methods (especially in geochronology and paleoenvironmental reconstruction) led to closer links between archaeologists and geoscientists, both in the field and in the laboratory. Looking back at the first editorial board of Geoarchaeology shows that many of the pioneers of this field, themselves representing a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds and traditions, had built highly productive careers at this interface. The editorial board of 1986 also featured a number of geoscientists who had moved away from traditional hard-rock and Quaternary research to forge new research agendas tackling archaeological questions. The rapid growth in the relationship between the geosciences and archaeology led to the need for a peer-reviewed journal that could present and promote this growing body of interdisciplinary research. Jack Donahue penned the following editorial in the first issue:The goal of the journal Geoarchaeology is to provide a publication outlet for interdisciplinary research involving the Earth Sciences and Archaeology. Such research has become increasingly abundant during the last twenty years and appears in many different publications ranging from several well recognized journals which are not specifically geoarchaeological in nature through monographs to unpublished site reports generated during the performance of contract or public archaeology.It is our intention to cover all aspects of the interface between the Earth Sciences and Archaeology. Thus, any research paper within this broad area is encouraged. It should be emphasized that an interface involves two-way interaction, so that research making use of archaeologic data to expand geologic interpretation and understanding is just as valuable as the reverse.The major portion of the journal will be devoted to research papers incorporating both geologic and archaeologic data. Review papers covering different aspects of this interdisciplinary field are also welcome. In addition, both book and meeting reviews in the area of geoarchaeology will be published.Finally, it is not the purpose of this journal to define, circumscribe, or attempt to explain what geoarchaeology is or, still less, should be. This subject has already been thoroughly exhausted to no resolution. Rather Geoarchaeology helps to illustrate what this specialization is by example, that is, by what it does. The success of that enterprise we leave to the reader.

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Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology

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Physical and chemical attributes of archaeological soils developed from shell middens in the Região dos Lagos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Physical and chemical attributes of archaeological soils developed from shell middens in the Região dos Lagos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Solos do passado: origem e identificação

Editorial introduction: 25 years of Geoarchaeology

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