ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATION OF THE EARLY HOLOCENE SOIL ENVIRONMENT
Author(s): Matt Canti
The human impact on early Holocene soils is discussed with reference to four major processes - podzolisation, peat formation, particle translocation and valley sedimentation. The difficulty of distinguishing natural from anthropogenic features is emphasised. The Neolithic to Iron Age period is identified as a major phase of soil alteration, but its importance must be set against the data bias inherent in earthwork-based studies and the likely availability of systems already nearing their Catastrophe-thresholds by Neolithic times.
- Report Number:
- 42/1993
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 13
- Keywords:
- Environmental Studies Soil/Sediment
