Монография содержит результаты, раскрывающие возможности использования
естественнонаучных методов в археологических исследованиях. Выполнена …

Wood was a crucial resource for prehistoric societies, for instance, as timber for house
construction and as fuel. In the case of the exceptionally large Chalcolithic Tripolye 'mega …

Geoarchaeological methods were used to study chronosequences of surface soils in the
steppe zone and to trace soil evolution during the Late Holocene in northwestern Crimea. It …

The concept of biological memory of soils and cultural layers is developed. This term is
understood as information about soil-forming conditions of the past that is carried by living …

Carbonate rhizolith is one of mineral encrustations of plant roots. The radiocarbon (14 C)
dates and stable carbon isotopes of rhizoliths are widely used to study geochronology …

Barrows play an important role in paleoenvironmental studies. This research, conducted on
macromorphology (descriptive), micromorphology (thin-section), physical and chemical …

The results obtained during a complex study of soils and plants on mounds located in four
subzones of forest steppe and steppe are presented. Having studied the vertical …

A comparative analysis of the chemical and microbiological properties of palaeosols buried
beneath burial mounds (kurgans) of the Bronze Age in the desert steppe zone of Russia …

Engineering and geographic substantiation of the anti-erosion organization of agricultural
landscapes requires not only differentiated estimations of erosion losses, but also …

The microbiomes of the soils buried under earthwork structures of different age (burial
mounds and defensive earth walls) and of surface soils were investigated. Microbial DNA …