Soils and archaeology

Soils and archaeology - Topics

	UNIVERSITA' DI PISA Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche

	with the scientific support of

	IUSS - UISS - IBU International Union of Soil Sciences		IIPP Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria

Second International Conference on Soils and Archaeology
Pisa, Italy, May 12-15, 2003

Conference Topics

All topics dealing with soils and archaeology are welcome. However, the conference will primarily focus on the following themes:
1. Records of anthropogenic impacts on soils:
· cultivation;
· clearance, erosion and colluviation;
· alluvial and lacustrine environments;
· pastoral activity;
· low intensity occupation of the landscape/caves;
· soil modifications by agricultural activities until pre-modern times;
· pedological evidence of ancient soil pollution;
· soil modifications by animals related to human activity.
2. Anthropogenic sediments as archives of intensive human activity: (soils and archaeological sediments cannot be studied separately)
· domestic, industrial, stabling and ritual use of space;
· constructions;
· settlement morphology (small sites, tells/urban, caves);
· anthropogenic activities.

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