Human-Altered Soils at an Archeological Site of the Bronze Age
The Tyater-Araslanovo-II Settlement, Southern Cis-Ural Region, Russia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15801925 |
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| Authors | Ruslan Suleymanov (0009-0007-6787-5329, Ufa Institute of Chemistry), Gulnara Obydennova (0000-0002-3308-148X, M. Akmullah Bashkir State Pedagogical University), Andrey Kungurtsev (Bashkir State University), Niyaz Atnabaev (M. Akmullah Bashkir State Pedagogical University), Mikhail Komissarov (0000-0001-6135-7212, Ufa Institute of Chemistry), Artyom V Gusarov (0000-0003-3131-4806, Kazan Federal University, corresponding author), Ilgiza Adelmurzina (0000-0003-4119-1467, Bashkir State University), Azamat Suleymanov (0000-0001-7974-4931, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University), Evgeny Abakumov (0000-0002-5248-9018, St Petersburg University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 32-32 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2571-550X • E-ISSN: 2571-550X |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/quat4040032 |
| OpenAlex | W3206622514 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
This paper presents the results of studying the soils at the archeological site of the Tyater-Araslanovo-II settlement located in the Republic of Bashkortostan, eastern European Russia. The settlement functioned in the 15th–12th centuries BCE (the Late Bronze Age). We compared the soil properties at four sites in the study area: archeological (1), buried (2), affected by long pyrogenic exposure (3), and background site (4). In soil samples, the total carbon content, the fractional composition of humus and organic matter characteristics, alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen, total phosphorus, mobile phosphorus, potassium, absorbed calcium and magnesium, pH, particle size distribution, basal soil respiration, and optical density were estimated. The study results showed the anthropogenic impact on the archeological site’s soils. The newly formed AU horizon at the archeological site (1), affected by the cattle summer camp, was richer in soil nutrients and agrochemical properties, namely, the content of exchangeable and gross forms of phosphorus, alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen, and exchange cations of the soil absorbing complex compared to the reference soil (4). For the pyrogenic layer (AU[hh]pyr) from the ancient furnace (fireplace) (3), the mobile and total forms of phosphorus were several times higher than those in the reference soil (4) but inferior regarding other agrochemical parameters. Thus, the activities of ancient people (especially cattle breeding) greatly influenced the properties of the soil
Archaeology · Geography · Humus · Nutrient · Phosphorus · Soil carbon · Soil pH · Soil water · Total organic carbon · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Marine and environmental studies · Soil and Environmental Studies · Environmental Chemistry · Soil Science
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