Anthropogenic dark earth: evolution, distribution, physical, and chemical properties

MO Asare - European Journal of Soil Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic dark earth (ADE) is a category of Anthrosols (anthropogenic soils)
characterised by dark colour from homogeneous charcoal inclusion and extraordinary …

Niche construction and long-term trajectories of food production

S Quintus, MS Allen - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2024 - Springer
Niche construction theory has played a prominent role in archaeology during the last
decade. However, the potential of niche construction in relation to agricultural development …

Multi-element mapping of anthropogenically modified soils and sediments at the Bronze to Iron Ages site of Tel Burna in the southern Levant

L Šmejda, M Hejcman, J Horák, I Shai - Quaternary International, 2018 - Elsevier
Human settlement activities have caused changes in soil chemical properties that might
remain preserved in the soil archive for a very long time. These traces might be close to …

Anthropogenic impact on the landscape of the Vishtynets Upland (Kaliningrad region, SE Baltic) in prehistory and Middle Ages: a multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental …

O Druzhinina, M Stančikaitė, L Gedminienė… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper deals with an overview of early anthropogenic impact on the landscapes of the
southeastern Baltic region and is based on the results of palaeolimnological and …

Neolithic long barrows were built on the margins of settlement zones as revealed by elemental soil analysis at four sites in the Czech Republic

P Krištuf, MP Janovský, J Turek, J Horák… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Past human activities can be reflected in the elemental composition of contemporary soils.
The paper is tackling the problem whether it is possible to distinguish prehistoric residential …

pXRF method development for elemental analysis of archaeological soil

R Williams, G Taylor, C Orr - Archaeometry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Portable X‐ray fluorescence (pXRF) is now widely used for detecting the elemental
composition of a material. Elemental analysis can enhance archaeological interpretations …

The contribution of POSL and PXRF to the discussion on sedimentary and site formation processes in archaeological contexts of the southern Levant and the …

MP Janovský, J Horák, O Ackermann, A Tavger… - Quaternary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Site formation processes at ancient tells in the southern Levant have been the focus of
several micromorphological studies, contributing to the differentiation of anthropogenic …

A medieval hillfort as an island of extraordinary fertile Archaeological Dark Earth soil in the Czech Republic

MO Asare, J Horák, L Šmejda… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Archaeological Dark Earth soil is a category of archaeological anthrosols that has
gained much attention because it exhibits higher nutrient content and organic matter stocks …

An Early Islamic inter-settlement agroecosystem in the coastal sand of the Yavneh dunefield, Israel

I Taxel, D Sivan, R Bookman… - Journal of Field …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the remains of an agricultural complex found in the Yavneh coastal
dunefield, central Israel. Known as a plot-and-berm agroecosystem, the complex consisted …

Geochemical approach to determine the anthropogenic signal at non-intensively settled archaeological sites–The case of an Iron Age enclosure in Bohemia

A Danielisová, J Horák, M Janovský, B Strouhalová… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a geochemical analysis of a specific Iron Age type of site known as the
Viereckschanze–a square enclosure located in Bělčice, southern Bohemia. We performed …