Predicting the preservation of cultural artefacts and buried materials in soil

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 529; pp. 249 - 263
• Main Authors: Kibblewhite, Mark, Tóth, Gergely, Hermann, Tamás
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Archaeology; Artefacts; Bones; Burial; Cultural services; Glass; Iron; Lead (metal); Organic materials; Preservation; Soil; Soil (material); Stratigraphy; Teeth; Burial; Archaeology; Preservation; Soil; Artefacts; Stratigraphy; Cultural services

This study identifies factors affecting the fate of buried objects in soil and develops a method for assessing where preservation of different materials and stratigraphic evidence is more or less likely in the landscape. The results inform the extent of the cultural service that soil supports by pre...