Integrating musealized archaeological sediment collections into current geoarchaeological analytical frameworks for sustainable research practices

IF 1.6 Q2 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
MethodsX Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI:10.1016/j.mex.2024.102897
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We present a review of the latest framework achievements in geoarchaeological sciences applied to microstratigraphic and biomolecular studies of prehistoric archaeological contexts, highlighting the importance of musealized archaeological stratigraphies. We assess how today's scientific and technological accomplishments can be tailored for archaeological human ecology studies with analytical ensembles that provide unprecedented results. Sampling and processing workflows originating from resin consolidation and thin section micromorphology of undisturbed blocks of archaeological soils and sediments, guarantee subsampling accuracy at the micrometre scale granting access to individual components otherwise impossible to target: the achievable information yield makes even the smallest soil samples potential sources of pioneering discoveries. Yet, archaeological excavations are still the primary mode of retrieving new soil samples. We argue that, when dealing with archaeological sites that were excavated and partially musealised in the past, the exploration of related museum collections should be prioritized as perspective source of new study samples. Analysing old and potentially very informative samples, with an approach that we define as “Green Archaeology”, may represent a source of well-structured primary data as well as a means for planning new excavations, delivering novel discoveries while safeguarding site integrity and promoting Third Mission valorisation of sites and heritage dormant collections.

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将博物馆化的考古沉积物藏品纳入当前的地质考古分析框架,促进可持续研究实践
我们对应用于史前考古背景微地层和生物分子研究的地质考古科学的最新框架成果进行了回顾,强调了博物馆化考古地层的重要性。我们评估了当今的科技成就如何通过分析组合为考古人类生态学研究提供前所未有的结果。对未受扰动的考古土壤和沉积物块进行树脂固结和薄片微观形态分析所产生的取样和处理工作流程,保证了微米尺度的子取样精度,使我们能够接触到原本无法瞄准的单个成分:可实现的信息量使最小的土壤样本也有可能成为开创性发现的来源。然而,考古发掘仍是获取新土壤样本的主要方式。我们认为,在处理过去发掘和部分博物馆化的考古遗址时,应优先探索相关的博物馆藏品,将其作为新研究样本的来源。采用我们定义为 "绿色考古学 "的方法来分析可能非常有价值的旧样本,既可以作为结构良好的原始数据的来源,也可以作为规划新发掘的手段,在保护遗址完整性、促进遗址和遗产休眠藏品的第三次任务价值化的同时,提供新的发现。
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MethodsX Health Professions-Medical Laboratory Technology
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