Pedogenesis, Pedochemistry and the Functional Structure of the Waldhufendorf Field System of the Deserted Medieval Village Spindelbach, the Czech Republic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12940322
AutoresJan Horák (0000-0001-6364-9745, Charles University, autor de correspondencia), Tomáš Klír (0000-0003-0991-6616, Charles University)
Año2017
Volumen8
Número1/2017
Páginas43-57
Fecha de publicación2017-06-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInterdisciplinaria Archaeologica - Natural Sciences in Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1804-848X • E-ISSN: 2336-1220
EditorialArcheologické centrum Olomouc (PUBLISHER • CZ)
DOI10.24916/iansa.2017.1.4
OpenAlexW2739574476
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas18

Spindelbach was a Waldhufendorf type of village, i.e. every household could manage its own fields independently of other households. Our study has importance for research on the economic and social development between the Medieval and Modern Era and for studies of human impact. Performing soil and geochemical mapping, we have identified four geochemical factors in a clearly interpretable pattern: 1) general geology and soil environment (represented mainly by Al, Si, K, Ti, Rb, Sr and Zr) contrasting with the soil organic matter and with pollution coming from atmospheric deposition (P, As, Pb and LE -elements from H to Na); 2) modern pollution and possible historical human activity (mainly As and Pb vs Zn, Fe and Mn); 3) historical human activity related to the village (Zn and Sr); and 4) additional historical human activity of another spatial pattern (P). Although there was no unambiguous relation between podzolization and the human activities observed, generally podzol development was very rapid (it was positively observed on sites ploughed ca 600 years ago). Differences among the households' agricultural managements were observed; these could be based on: 1) types of land use in the village area; 2) management intensity; and 3) the subjective management preferences of the peasants. The differences were manifested by their intensity and by their spatial distribution

Agriculture · Archaeology · Czech · Geography · Pedogenesis · Physical geography · Podzol · Soil water · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction · Ecology · Geology · Pollution · Soil Science