SOIL REPORT ON TRETHELLAN FARM, NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
Author(s): R I Macphail
The interpretation of soil micromorphological data from seven thin sections and other analyses showed that the Bronze Age soil at Trethellan Farm was a moderately acid brown earth. In addition, the development of Bronze Age house floor layers, trampled areas and possible cultivated soils were studied. A suggestion that the site was buried after the Iron Age by mass movement of the unstable schillite brown earth material is forwarded. The site was also affected by the post-Roman blowing of beach sand. Twenty-four colour plates are included.
- Report Number:
- 69/1989
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 40
- Keywords:
- Soil/Sediment
