Archaeology, Soil- and Life-Sciences Applied to Enclosures and Fields

Proceedings of the Session 'From microprobe to spatial analysis - Enclosed and buried surfaces as key sources in Archaeology and Pedology’.

Contents:

• 1) Buried Soils and Surfaces, a Key Archive for Geoarchaeology (Matthias Leopold);
• 2) The Application of Phosphorus Cartography to Archaeological Sites and Structures: a State of the Art and Proposal of a Protocol Applicable for Belgium, Luxemburg and Northern France (Yannick Devos, Kai Fechner, Jari Hinsch Mikkelsen);
• 3) Case Studies of Phosphorus Mapping in Late La Tène to Roman Enclosures and Ponds between Rhine and Seine (Kai Fechner in collaboration with Hervé Bocquillon et al)
• 4) Functional and Spatial Interpretation of the Sanctuary and Enclosures of Ribemont-sur-Ancre (Somme): the Role of Palaeoenvironmental Studies (Gérard Fercoq du Leslay et al)
• 5) Functioning and Hierarchy of Farms in the Gallic Society from the 3rd Century BC to the Roman Period (François Malrain in collaboration with Gertrude Blancquaert);
• 6) Holocene Soil Development and Pedogenic Clay Mineral Transformation in Luvisols with Different Development Ages at the Viereckschanze of Poign (Central Bavaria, Germany) (Alexandra Raab and Jörg Völkel);
• 7) An Example of a Fruitful Discussion Between a Pedologist and an Archaeologist. A 1st-4th Century AD Agricultural Enclosure with a Stable and a Manure Pit at "Chapelle Saint-Nicolas” in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (Val-d’Oise, France) (Vanessa Rouppert, Jean-Yves Dufour, Kai Fechner);
• 8) Buried Anthropic Soils in the Centre of Brussels (Belgium): Looking for Fields in a (Proto-) urban Context (Yannick Devos et al).