Biomantle Formation and Site Preservation on Terraces of Low Order Streams in the Ozark Uplands

Bibliographic Data

ID11205302
AuthorsGregory Vogel (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume37
Issue1
Pages73-97
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMidcontinental Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0146-1109 • E-ISSN: 2327-4271
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/mca.2012.005
OpenAlexW2074147428
LanguageEN
References cited18

Many terraces of low order streams in the Ozark uplands appear to have been stable since at least the early Holocene, indicated by strongly expressed soils with argillic horizons and early Holocene artifacts recovered from surface and shallow sub-surface contexts. These terraces hold sites that likely represent land use practices very different from those along better-studied large streams in the area. Artifact depth distribution curves show that a biomantle with accompanying stone zone has not formed under many of these terraces, despite their age. This contrasts markedly with much swifter rates of biomantle formation reported elsewhere. The lack of a fully formed biomantle in a soil of this age may be due to forces countervailing the downward movement of clasts through bioturbation, or slower rates of bioturbation overall

Archaeology · Artifact (error · Bioturbation · Cape · Clastic rock · Fluvial · Geochemistry · Geography · Geomorphology · Holocene · River terraces · Sediment · Sedimentary rock · STREAMS · Structural basin · Archaeology and Natural History · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes · Paleontology

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