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DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.11.013 |
Multi-proxy survey of open-air surface scatters in drylands: Archaeological and physico-chemical characterisation of fossilised dunes in North Gujarat (India) | |
Conesa, Francesc C.1; Lobo, Agustin2; Alcaina, Jonas3; Balbo, Andrea4; Madella, Marco1,3,5; Rajesh, S. V.6; Ajithprasad, P.7 | |
通讯作者 | Conesa, Francesc C. |
来源期刊 | QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
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ISSN | 1040-6182 |
EISSN | 1873-4553 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 436页码:57-75 |
英文摘要 | This research aims at improving our understanding of open-air archaeological surface scatters in dry lands, their extension and the intensity of human activities during their occupation. To do so, the study of physico-chemical proxies is integrated to that of archaeological artefacts by means of systematic field survey combined with laboratory sedimentary analyses and a robust statistical approach. In most dry regions, archaeological survey has traditionally aimed at the collection of artefacts. When present, the study of physical and geochemical samples has been limited to excavated archaeological levels. In this work, we evaluate the archaeological significance of physico-chemical proxies from surface samples collected within and around four mid and late-Holocene surface scatters in North Gujarat, a semi-arid region located at the south-west margin of the Thar Desert in India. The four archaeological scatters are found on top of fossilised sand dunes. Archaeologically, they represent subsistence strategies based on hunting and gathering, agro-pastoralism, or a succession/mixture of the two. The four locations were systematically sampled across a linear transect. For each sampling unit, the archaeological materials were quantified and classified by means of a Linear Discriminant Analyses. Physio-chemical variables were ordinated in a PCA space and clustered through a Hierarchical Clustering. Results were displayed along the dune transect and integrated into a Correspondence Analysis. Significant differences are attested in the spatial distribution and content of Ca, P and grain size, allowing us to suggest a set of distinct cultural soilscapes that characterise the dunes of the study area: vertisols (agric horizons in interdunal lower slopes), aridisols (relict dune surfaces in the mid-slope), and anthrosols (top dune). The last show a strong correspondence with the presence of archaeological artefacts, and the different intensity of human footprint are discussed accordingly to potential past subsistence strategies and the intensity of human occupation. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Holocene Drylands Dunes Settlement Anthrosols Soilscapes |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Spain ; Germany ; India |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI ; AHCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000399257200007 |
WOS关键词 | LATE QUATERNARY ; WESTERN INDIA ; LUMINESCENCE CHRONOLOGY ; SOUTHERN MARGIN ; THAR DESERT ; SEDIMENTS ; MONSOON ; RECORD ; ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY ; IDENTIFICATION |
WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/201796 |
作者单位 | 1.Spanish Natl Res Council, Inst Mila & Fontanals, CaSEs Res Grp, C Egipclaques 15, Barcelona 08001, Spain; 2.Inst Cihncies Terra Jaume Almera, C Lluis Sole Sabaris S-N, Barcelona 08028, Spain; 3.Univ Pompeu Fabra, Dept Humanities, CaSEs Res Grp, C Ramon Trios Fargas 25-27, Barcelona 08005, Spain; 4.Univ Hamburg, Ctr Earth Syst Res & Sustainabil, Climate Change & Secur, Grindelberg 7, D-20144 Hamburg, Germany; 5.ICREA, Barcelona, Spain; 6.Univ Kerala, Dept Archaeol, Kariavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram 695581, Kerala, India; 7.Maharaja Sayajirao Univ Baroda, Dept Archaeol & Ancient Hist, Vadodara 390002, India |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Conesa, Francesc C.,Lobo, Agustin,Alcaina, Jonas,et al. Multi-proxy survey of open-air surface scatters in drylands: Archaeological and physico-chemical characterisation of fossilised dunes in North Gujarat (India)[J],2017,436:57-75. |
APA | Conesa, Francesc C..,Lobo, Agustin.,Alcaina, Jonas.,Balbo, Andrea.,Madella, Marco.,...&Ajithprasad, P..(2017).Multi-proxy survey of open-air surface scatters in drylands: Archaeological and physico-chemical characterisation of fossilised dunes in North Gujarat (India).QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,436,57-75. |
MLA | Conesa, Francesc C.,et al."Multi-proxy survey of open-air surface scatters in drylands: Archaeological and physico-chemical characterisation of fossilised dunes in North Gujarat (India)".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 436(2017):57-75. |
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