
Bioturbation and the formation of latent stratigraphies on prehistoric sites
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- Philippe Crombé (UGent) , Liesbeth Messiaen, Dimitri Teetaert (UGent) , Joris Sergant (UGent) , Erwin Meylemans, Yves Perdaen and Jeroen Verhegge (UGent)
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- This paper discusses the vertical distribution of artefacts of two Mesolithic-Neolithic sites within the sand belt of Belgium and the southern Netherlands. Contrary to prevailing theories claiming that sites from these archaeological stages are generally no more than mixed surface sites, the present study demonstrates the existence of a latent stratigraphy, which can be traced in the vertical distribution of the different categories of archaeological finds (lithic artefacts, pottery sherds, carbonized plant remains, calcined bones). Furthermore it is suggested that the formation of these latent stratigraphies is due to long-term faunalturbation occurring in non-podzolic soils.
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- prehistory, bioturbation, Mesolithic, vertical migration
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8636442
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- Crombé, Philippe, et al. “Bioturbation and the Formation of Latent Stratigraphies on Prehistoric Sites.” Soils as Records of Past and Present : From Soil Surveys to Archaeological Sites : Research Strategies for Interpreting Soil Characteristics : Proceedings of the Geoarchaeological Meeting, Raakvlak, 2019, pp. 99–111, doi:10.5281/zenodo.3420705.
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- Crombé, P., Messiaen, L., Teetaert, D., Sergant, J., Meylemans, E., Perdaen, Y., & Verhegge, J. (2019). Bioturbation and the formation of latent stratigraphies on prehistoric sites. Soils as Records of Past and Present : From Soil Surveys to Archaeological Sites : Research Strategies for Interpreting Soil Characteristics : Proceedings of the Geoarchaeological Meeting, 99–111. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3420705
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- Crombé, Philippe, Liesbeth Messiaen, Dimitri Teetaert, Joris Sergant, Erwin Meylemans, Yves Perdaen, and Jeroen Verhegge. 2019. “Bioturbation and the Formation of Latent Stratigraphies on Prehistoric Sites.” In Soils as Records of Past and Present : From Soil Surveys to Archaeological Sites : Research Strategies for Interpreting Soil Characteristics : Proceedings of the Geoarchaeological Meeting, 99–111. Raakvlak. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3420705.
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- Crombé, Philippe, Liesbeth Messiaen, Dimitri Teetaert, Joris Sergant, Erwin Meylemans, Yves Perdaen, and Jeroen Verhegge. 2019. “Bioturbation and the Formation of Latent Stratigraphies on Prehistoric Sites.” In Soils as Records of Past and Present : From Soil Surveys to Archaeological Sites : Research Strategies for Interpreting Soil Characteristics : Proceedings of the Geoarchaeological Meeting, 99–111. Raakvlak. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3420705.
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- 1.Crombé P, Messiaen L, Teetaert D, Sergant J, Meylemans E, Perdaen Y, et al. Bioturbation and the formation of latent stratigraphies on prehistoric sites. In: Soils as records of past and present : from soil surveys to archaeological sites : research strategies for interpreting soil characteristics : proceedings of the Geoarchaeological Meeting. Raakvlak; 2019. p. 99–111.
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- [1]P. Crombé et al., “Bioturbation and the formation of latent stratigraphies on prehistoric sites,” in Soils as records of past and present : from soil surveys to archaeological sites : research strategies for interpreting soil characteristics : proceedings of the Geoarchaeological Meeting, Bruges, Belgium, 2019, pp. 99–111.
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