Reconstructing site organization in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska using multi-element chemical analysis of soils

Misarti, Nicole; Finney, Bruce P.; Maschner, Herbert D. G.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.007

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“…Calcium and phosphorus have long been regarded as good indicators of human activities (Middleton and Price, 1996;Middleton, 2004;Oonk et al, 2009b), and food production areas are understood to contain elevated concentrations of phosphorus and calcium (Middleton, 2004). In this regard, the abundant presence of shells may be responsible for high levels of calcium and phosphorus (Misarti et al, 2011); macroscopic evidence at excavated sites in this study area suggests the prehistoric consumption of large number of a range of species of fresh water shells (Thosarat, 2010). The high level of calcium in the hard floors may be due to this consumption of shells, and accumulation of discarded shells in occupation areas or another type of food production activities in living areas.…”

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“…Multi-element analytical techniques such as ICP-AES, ICP-OES, ICP-MS and XRF have made quick and relatively cheap sediment analysis available to archaeological investigations (Canabate and Lizcano, 1998;Terry et al, 2004;Wilson et al, 2008;Middleton et al, 2010;Misarti et al, 2011). Compared to other geochemical techniques, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has faster, more sensitive detection limits on many elements (Kennett et al, 2004).…”

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“…Many researchers have recorded that different elements correlate to the different specific human activities (Homsey and Capo, 2006;Barba, 2007;Oonk et al, 2009a;Misarti et al, 2011). The application of multi-element analysis is applied in a variety of ways in the analysis of sediments at open-air sites (Middleton and Price, 1996;Entwistle and Abrahams, 1997;Entwistle et al, 2000;Fern andez et al, 2002;Mighall et al, 2002;Parnell et al, 2002;Knudson et al, 2004;Middleton, 2004;Terry et al, 2004;Cook et al, 2005;Marwick, 2005;Entwistle et al, 2007;Wilson et al, 2008;Hjulstrom and Isakssona, 2009;Oonk et al, 2009aOonk et al, , 2009bAbrahams et al, 2010;Middleton et al, 2010;Misarti et al, 2011;Vyncke et al, 2011;Dirix et al, 2013). Equivalent analyses can also be applied to other archaeological materials, such as ceramics (Fermo et al, 2004;Kennett et al, 2004), caves and rock-shelters (Karkanas et al, 2000;Homsey and Capo, 2006) and metals (Young et al, 1997).…”

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Multi-element characterization of archaeological floors at the prehistoric archaeological sites at Ban Non Wat and Nong Hua Raet in Northeast Thailand

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Chang

2017

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Multi-element characterization of archaeological floors at the prehistoric archaeological sites at Ban Non Wat and Nong Hua Raet in Northeast Thailand

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2017

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“…It has been applied to identify activity areas within houses (Middleton and Price 1996) and intra-site organisation of space (Misarti et al 2011;Vittori Antisari et al 2013); intra site analysis of metalworking residues (Cook 2005;Carey and Juleff 2013), intra-feature analysis (Cook 2010) and intra feature analysis combined with soil micromorphology (Macphail and Crowther 2008).…”

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Geochemical survey and metalworking: analysis of chemical residues derived from experimental non-ferrous metallurgical processes in a reconstructed roundhouse

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Geochemical survey and metalworking: analysis of chemical residues derived from experimental nonferrous metallurgical processes in a reconstructed roundhouse, Journal of Archaeological Science (2014Science ( ), doi: 10.1016Science ( /j.jas.2014 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT *principle author for correspondenceAbstract: Geochemical survey is becoming a more frequently applied tool for site specific archaeological investigation. It has the potential to integrate site prospection and excavation data with post excavation artefact analysis, unifying two stages of the archaeological process. In the field of archaeometallurgy this is particularly relevant as sites of metalworking are liable to produce high geochemical loadings, related to the manufacture of metal goods and associated waste products such as slags. This paper describes the geochemical survey of an 'experiential' metalworking area within a reconstructed roundhouse, identifying geochemical enhancements associated with bronze and lead working. The geochemical survey of the roundhouse clearly defines areas of metalworking that can be related to recollected episodes of metalworking and quantifies the spatial distribution and absolute geochemical loadings from this activity. Consideration is given to how such geochemical enhancements should be archaeologically interpreted and whether geochemistry should be viewed as a micro-artefact and dealt with in a context specific way. It is suggested that geochemical survey can play an important role in defining evidence of metallurgy in archaeological investigations, particularly where such evidence remains elusive, e.g. the British Bronze Age.Keywords: metallurgy, geochemistry, metal pollution, spatial survey, GIS IntroductionGeochemical survey is becoming a more widely practised technique within archaeological research (Oonk et al. 2009a;Wilson 2009), which has the potential to identify evidence of anthropogenic activity that is otherwise invisible to conventional archaeological methods, i.e. the hidden site, context or landscape (Heron 2001). Despite this potential, geochemical survey has yet to establish itself as a technique that can consistently offer results demonstrably linked to human activities within the archaeological record (Oonk et al. 2009b), partly due to the difficulty in interpreting multifaceted geochemical data; "because of the complexity of site use history and the effects of post depositional processes" (Wilson et al. 2008). Archaeological geochemical survey has been applied on a variety of scales, ranging M A N ...

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“…For compositional analysis by ICP-AES a 1 g sub-sample of sediment was prepared with an acid 238 digest extraction, following Misarti et al (2011). The sample was added to 10 mL of HNO 3 and 239 heated at 90°C for 15 minutes.…”

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Adaptations to sea level change and transitions to agriculture at Khao Toh Chong rockshelter, Peninsular Thailand

Marwick

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Conrad

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This study reports on an analysis of human adaptations to sea level changes in the tropical monsoonal environment of Peninsula Thailand. We excavated Khao Toh Chong rockshelter in Krabi and recorded archaeological deposits spanning the last 13,000 years. A suite of geoarchaeological methods suggest largely uninterrupted deposition, against a backdrop of geological data that show major changes in sea levels. Although there is a small assemblage of mostly undiagnostic ceramics and stone artefacts, there are some distinct changes in stone artefact technology and ceramic fabric. There is a substantial faunal assemblage, with changes in both the mammalian and shellfish taxa during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition that correlate with local sea level fluctuation. This assemblage provides an opportunity to explore subsistence behaviours leading up to the transition to the Neolithic. We explore the implications for current debates on the prehistoric origins of agricultural subsistence in mainland Southeast Asia. The data highlight the importance of local contingencies in understanding the mechanisms of change from foragers to agriculturalists. Disciplines Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences Publication DetailsMarwick, B., Van Vlack, H. G., Conrad, C., Shoocongdej, R., Thongcharoenchaikit, C. & Kwak, S. (2017

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Reconstructing site organization in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska using multi-element chemical analysis of soils

Cited by 40 publications

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Multi-element characterization of archaeological floors at the prehistoric archaeological sites at Ban Non Wat and Nong Hua Raet in Northeast Thailand

Multi-element characterization of archaeological floors at the prehistoric archaeological sites at Ban Non Wat and Nong Hua Raet in Northeast Thailand

Geochemical survey and metalworking: analysis of chemical residues derived from experimental non-ferrous metallurgical processes in a reconstructed roundhouse

Adaptations to sea level change and transitions to agriculture at Khao Toh Chong rockshelter, Peninsular Thailand

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