Soil chemical analysis supports the identification of ancient breeding structures: The case-study of Cà Tron (Venice, Italy)

Migliavacca, Mara; Pizzeghello, Diego; Busana, Maria Stella; Nardi, Serenella

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.026

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“…For example, in the southwest of Greenland, the contents of P, NO 3 , and NH 4 in archeological deposits were 2-6 times higher than those in the surrounding soils [37]. In some cases, increased content of biogenic and organic substances results in the formation of archeological chernozems, which may even serve as the basis for a subsistence economy [38][39][40]. In our study, organic carbon content was 0.7% less on average than in the modern reference soil, which is probably associated with diagenetic processes [41,42].…”

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Human-Altered Soils at an Archeological Site of the Bronze Age: The Tyater-Araslanovo-II Settlement, Southern Cis-Ural Region, Russia

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This paper presents the results of studying the soils at the archeological site of the Tyater-Araslanovo-II settlement located in the Republic of Bashkortostan, eastern European Russia. The settlement functioned in the 15th–12th centuries BCE (the Late Bronze Age). We compared the soil properties at four sites in the study area: archeological (1), buried (2), affected by long pyrogenic exposure (3), and background site (4). In soil samples, the total carbon content, the fractional composition of humus and organic matter characteristics, alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen, total phosphorus, mobile phosphorus, potassium, absorbed calcium and magnesium, pH, particle size distribution, basal soil respiration, and optical density were estimated. The study results showed the anthropogenic impact on the archeological site’s soils. The newly formed AU horizon at the archeological site (1), affected by the cattle summer camp, was richer in soil nutrients and agrochemical properties, namely, the content of exchangeable and gross forms of phosphorus, alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen, and exchange cations of the soil absorbing complex compared to the reference soil (4). For the pyrogenic layer (AU[hh]pyr) from the ancient furnace (fireplace) (3), the mobile and total forms of phosphorus were several times higher than those in the reference soil (4) but inferior regarding other agrochemical parameters. Thus, the activities of ancient people (especially cattle breeding) greatly influenced the properties of the soil.

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