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Paleoshoreline reconstruction: A proposed method to approach submerged prehistoric landscapes of Espiritu Santo Island, Baja California Sur, Mexico 古海岸线重建：接近墨西哥南下加利福尼亚埃斯皮里图-桑托岛水下史前地貌的拟议方法

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI: 10.1002/gea.21983

Mayra C. Robles-Montes, Guillermo Martínez-Flores, Michael K. Faught, Enrique H. Nava-Sánchez

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Writ in water—Unwritten histories obtained from carbonate deposits in ancient water systems 水中的文字--从古代水系中的碳酸盐沉积物中获得的无文字历史

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.1002/gea.21980

Gül Sürmelihindi, Cees Passchier

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Masters of mudbrick: Geoarchaeological analysis of Iron Age earthen public buildings at Ashdod-Yam (Israel) 泥砖大师：阿什杜德-亚姆（以色列）铁器时代土质公共建筑的地质考古分析

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.1002/gea.21977

Marta Lorenzon, Benjamín Cutillas-Victoria, Eli Itkin, Alexander Fantalkin

{"title":"Masters of mudbrick: Geoarchaeological analysis of Iron Age earthen public buildings at Ashdod-Yam (Israel)","authors":"Marta Lorenzon, Benjamín Cutillas-Victoria, Eli Itkin, Alexander Fantalkin","doi":"10.1002/gea.21977","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gea.21977","url":null,"abstract":"Excavations at Ashdod-Yam exposed a fortification system that features a massive mudbrick wall with large earthen ramparts laid on either side. This fortified horseshoe-shaped enclosure once surrounded what was likely a human-made harbor and an adjacent acropolis with complex earthen architecture, constructed and active during Iron Age IIB–C (eighth–seventh centuries B.C.E.). These Iron Age public structures are at the center of the current research. In this paper, we present the geoarchaeological analyses of Ashdod-Yam's earthen architecture. We applied a multidisciplinary methodology to new evidence for mudbrick manufacture with the goal of understanding the relationship between governing bodies and craftsmen. The analyses combine X-ray fluorescence, loss on ignition, environmental scanning electron microscopy, and thin-section petrography to investigate raw material procurement, manufacturing choices, and labor organization at Ashdod-Yam during Iron IIB–C. Construction techniques and the standardization of the mudbrick recipe point to a local enterprise regarding the site's public earthen architecture. Furthermore, the degree of labor organization must have been closely observed and supervised by a central political power. Thus, it is argued here that construction and maintenance of the site was carried out by the kingdom of Ashdod, either as a part of its own local initiative or on behalf of the Neo-Assyrian empire.","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"39 1","pages":"35-62"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.21977","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136068076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Holocene landscape reconstruction in the surroundings of the Temple of Pepi I at ancient Bubastis, southeastern Nile Delta (Egypt) 埃及尼罗河三角洲东南部古布巴斯提斯佩皮一世神庙周围全新世地貌的重建

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI: 10.1002/gea.21981

Philipp Garbe, Amr Abd El-Raouf, Ashraf Es-Senussi, Eva Lange-Athinodorou, Julia Meister

{"title":"Holocene landscape reconstruction in the surroundings of the Temple of Pepi I at ancient Bubastis, southeastern Nile Delta (Egypt)","authors":"Philipp Garbe, Amr Abd El-Raouf, Ashraf Es-Senussi, Eva Lange-Athinodorou, Julia Meister","doi":"10.1002/gea.21981","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gea.21981","url":null,"abstract":"In ancient Egypt, lakes, canals, and other water bodies were an essential part of the sacred landscape in which temples were embedded. In recent years, geoarchaeological research at the site of the Temple of Bastet at Bubastis in the southeastern Nile Delta has proven the existence of two water canals surrounding the temple. It has now been investigated whether these canals were connected to the Temple of Pepi I (2300–2250 B.C.E.), located approximately 100 m to the west of the Temple of Bastet. To explore the Holocene landscape genesis of the Temple of Pepi I, 15 drillings and six geoelectrical profile lines were performed in the surroundings of the temple in spring 2022. The results show loamy to clayey sediments in deeper sections of all drillings with a maximum thickness of 1.70 m, indicating a marshy or swampy depositional environment. Based on the recovered sediment sequences and archaeological remains in the vicinity of the Temple of Pepi I, the marshy or swampy area existed before the Fourth Dynasty. During the Old Kingdom (ca. 2850–2180 B.C.E.), the former marshland either dried up through natural processes or was intentionally drained and filled with sediments for subsequent use for occupation. Regarding the original research question, there is as yet no evidence for a direct connection to the canals of the Temple of Bastet.","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"39 1","pages":"17-34"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.21981","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136359959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Coastal archaeological site visibility problems and underwater prospects in the Northern Lake Superior Basin 北苏必利尔湖盆地沿海考古遗址能见度问题和水下前景

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI: 10.1002/gea.21979

Matthew Boyd

{"title":"Coastal archaeological site visibility problems and underwater prospects in the Northern Lake Superior Basin","authors":"Matthew Boyd","doi":"10.1002/gea.21979","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gea.21979","url":null,"abstract":"The early to middle Holocene was marked by considerable variability in lake levels in the Lake Superior Basin due to a combination of meltwater runoff, isostatic adjustment, shifting glacial margins, and climate change. These processes likely had a large impact on the preservation and visibility of coastal archaeological sites dating from the Early Period (Paleoindian) to the Middle Period (Shield Archaic). Of particular interest is the brief interval after 9300 cal. B.P. when ancestral Lake Superior dropped to its lowest level (Houghton) and human populations may have made incursions deeper into the basin. Elsewhere in the Upper Great Lakes, this period is associated with offshore archaeological sites submerged by rising water levels later in the Holocene. New geological data from the Thunder Bay, ON, region yield exceptional insight into the paleohydrology of the Houghton phase and, hence, the underwater archaeological prospects of this low water phase in the northern Lake Superior Basin. These data indicate that the lake reached its lowest level by at least ~9100 cal. B.P. but was highly unstable, at least initially, due to a combination of climate and meltwater runoff. Early underwater sites may be confined to two short, hydrologically closed, lowstands between ~9100 and 8700 cal. B.P. and would have been impacted by at least one lake transgression. Such sites, however, may still hold better potential for organic preservation and the visibility of large cultural features compared to their terrestrial counterparts. Coastal sites occupied when the lake was hydrologically closed may be especially well-preserved due to rapid inundation before the gradual, and generally erosional, Nipissing transgression occurred.","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"39 1","pages":"3-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.21979","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134944337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Paleoecological data complete historical and archaeological archives: Human–environment nexus at the fluvio maritime city port of Chilia (Licostomo; Northern Danube delta) since the 14th century 古生态数据完整的历史和考古档案:智利沿海城市港口的人-环境关系(利科斯托莫);多瑙河三角洲北部)自14世纪以来

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1002/gea.21975

Luminița Preoteasa, Diana Hanganu, Anca Dan, Gabriela Florescu, Gabriela Sava, Daniela Pascal, Mihaela Dobre, Dan Olteanu, Laurențiu Țuțuianu, Aurel Stănică, Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe

{"title":"Paleoecological data complete historical and archaeological archives: Human–environment nexus at the fluvio maritime city port of Chilia (Licostomo; Northern Danube delta) since the 14th century","authors":"Luminița Preoteasa, Diana Hanganu, Anca Dan, Gabriela Florescu, Gabriela Sava, Daniela Pascal, Mihaela Dobre, Dan Olteanu, Laurențiu Țuțuianu, Aurel Stănică, Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe","doi":"10.1002/gea.21975","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gea.21975","url":null,"abstract":"This study reconstructs the paleoecological settings of Chilia/Licostomo, the most important Genoese colony in the Danube delta. Our paleoenvironmental data (i.e., sedimentology, pollen, charcoal, radiocarbon ages) corroborate historical and archaeological information over the last seven centuries to document the habitation at Chilia and its military and socioeconomic activity during ca. 14th–19th centuries A.D. Palynological data show the continuous presence of humans, with anthropogenic pollen index calculation (API) values between 2% and 16% during the last five centuries. The variability of API, corroborated with the major peaks of the charcoal concentration, matches the documented military conflicts and population changes in the area: the Ottoman conquest of Dobrugea (15th century A.D.), the Zaporozhians Cossaks raids (17th century A.D.), and the Russian–Ottoman wars (18th–19th centuries A.D.). The presence of coprophilous fungi fits the Ottoman tradition of animal husbandry, whereas their appearance after the Zaporozhians Cossacks raids and their good correlation with open land vegetation suggest that the Chilia loess island was temporally used as a refuge from multiple menaces (e.g., wars, administrative crisis). These paleoecological data, together with the rare archaeological findings, exclude human habitation of the Chilia Plain earlier than the documented arrival of the Lipovans during the late 18th century A.D. The critical assessment of the correspondences between the paleoecological and historical data shows the relevance of the approach in deltaic environments, when applied to lagoon/lacustrine sediments, yet often limited to chronologically disparate, decennial- to multicentennial-scale temporal frameworks.","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"38 6","pages":"786-803"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47105860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Infrared spectra of mixtures of heated and unheated clay: Solving an interpretational conundrum 加热和未加热粘土混合物的红外光谱:解决一个解释难题

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-11 DOI: 10.1002/gea.21976

Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez, Zachary C. Dunseth, Dina Shalem, Ruth Shahack-Gross

{"title":"Infrared spectra of mixtures of heated and unheated clay: Solving an interpretational conundrum","authors":"Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez, Zachary C. Dunseth, Dina Shalem, Ruth Shahack-Gross","doi":"10.1002/gea.21976","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gea.21976","url":null,"abstract":"Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is frequently used for archaeological studies related to fire, allowing, among other things, researchers to distinguish between unheated and heated clay minerals. However, heat signatures are not always clear-cut in infrared spectra of bulk sediments, as spectra occasionally appear with ambiguous absorbance bands attributed to hydroxyl (OH) in clay minerals. This paper presents an experimental study addressing this interpretational problem by considering the effect of mixtures of heated and unheated clay, a phenomenon expected in archaeological sites. After creating experimental mixtures and testing them using bulk FTIR spectroscopy, our results indicate that even a relatively small amount of unheated clay—only ca. 5%–10% mixed into a fully heated deposit—will result in ambiguous infrared spectra that are difficult to interpret. For comparison, ambiguous bulk FTIR spectra from two archaeological contexts—an ashy fill within a pit installation and a hearth—were studied with FTIR microspectroscopy, which demonstrated the presence of unheated clay within a largely heated deposit. Micromorphological observations explain the mixed nature of the investigated archaeological contexts, in this case, primarily via bioturbation. Our results thus emphasize the importance of microcontextual analysis of clay minerals. Furthermore, these results indicate that heated deposits are likely missed altogether in some archaeological contexts where only bulk FTIR analyses have been conducted.","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"38 6","pages":"822-829"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.21976","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43651013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The use of OBIA and petrography in the study of stone masonry: The case of La Palma, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta OBIA和岩石学在石质砌筑研究中的应用:以圣玛尔塔内华达山脉拉帕尔马为例

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.1002/gea.21974

Daniel Rodríguez Osorio, Marion Weber Scharff, Dayan Danilo Izurieta, Andrés Agudelo Bermúdez, Jonathan Renjifo, Joseph Knight

{"title":"The use of OBIA and petrography in the study of stone masonry: The case of La Palma, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta","authors":"Daniel Rodríguez Osorio, Marion Weber Scharff, Dayan Danilo Izurieta, Andrés Agudelo Bermúdez, Jonathan Renjifo, Joseph Knight","doi":"10.1002/gea.21974","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gea.21974","url":null,"abstract":"In this case study, rubble masonry walls from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Northern Colombia were investigated. We applied a combined object-based image analysis (OBIA), photogrammetry, and petrography method to characterize and determine the provenance of the materials used in three targeted terraces of the archaeological site of La Palma. In situ data acquisition included detailed photographic records and petrographic descriptions of a selected section of masonry walls, as well as mapping of local geological units. Photographs were processed using OBIA. The data obtained allowed characterization and systematization of the constructive elements, via parameters that include architectural function within the construction (headers, stretchers, and wedges), roundness, and lithotype. This methodology enabled us to identify the source of the lithotypes from local rock outcrops (metagranodiorite and schist) as well as rock boulders and cobbles from the nearby riverbeds. The results suggest that pre-Hispanic communities had knowledge of the properties of the geological resources available in the region, which they used to build masonry that has endured more than five centuries. Vertical differences identified in segments of different terrace walls suggest changes in the constructive process and therefore may serve to determine a construction chronology.","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"38 6","pages":"804-821"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44135562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Geoarchaeological and microstratigraphic view of a Neanderthal settlement at Rambla de Ahíllas in Iberian Range: Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia, Spain) 伊比利亚山脉兰布拉·德·阿希拉斯尼安德特人定居点的地质考古和微观地层学观点：拉奎夫拉达外套（切尔瓦，瓦伦西亚，西班牙）

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-02 DOI: 10.1002/gea.21973

M. Mercè Bergadà, Aleix Eixea, Valentín Villaverde

{"title":"Geoarchaeological and microstratigraphic view of a Neanderthal settlement at Rambla de Ahíllas in Iberian Range: Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia, Spain)","authors":"M. Mercè Bergadà, Aleix Eixea, Valentín Villaverde","doi":"10.1002/gea.21973","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gea.21973","url":null,"abstract":"The Abrigo de la Quebrada is a Middle Palaeolithic rockshelter located in the Rambla de Ahíllas in the Iberian Range (Valencia, Spain). Archaeological work began in 2007 and was completed in 2015, reaching the rockshelter substratum and uncovering a record that spans from MIS 5 to MIS 4/3. The data from the geoarchaeological and micromorphological study of the site allow us to deduce that it was formed by alluvial contributions from the ephemeral stream, in different subenvironments varying from channel/bar to floodplain facies. These alternate with debris from different displacement processes depending on the unit, such as solifluction–gelifluction, mass displacement, and diffuse runoff. In addition, collapse episodes of the overhanging rockshelter roof influenced the pedological evolution of the record, with implications for the archaeological levels, especially in Unit G (Level IV). From a paleoenvironmental point of view, a more contrasted variability is reflected in the upper units of the site (MIS 4/3), especially in Unit G (Level IV), which, based on data, suggests temperate conditions, and in Unit H (Levels III and II) indicate cold conditions. In contrast, the lower units (MIS 5) are generally temperate, with the exception of Unit C (Level VIIIa), which reflects a colder phase.","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"38 6","pages":"679-712"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.21973","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43152298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Reconstructing formation processes at the Canary Islands indigenous site of Belmaco Cave (La Palma, Spain) through a multiproxy geoarchaeological approach 通过多元地质考古方法重建加那利群岛Belmaco洞穴（西班牙拉帕尔马）土著遗址的形成过程

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-28 DOI: 10.1002/gea.21972

Enrique Fernández-Palacios, Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez, Susan M. Mentzer, Caterina Rodríguez de Vera, Ada Dinckal, Natalia Égüez, Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera, Juan Francisco Navarro Mederos, Efraín Marrero Salas, Christopher E. Miller, Carolina Mallol

{"title":"Reconstructing formation processes at the Canary Islands indigenous site of Belmaco Cave (La Palma, Spain) through a multiproxy geoarchaeological approach","authors":"Enrique Fernández-Palacios, Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez, Susan M. Mentzer, Caterina Rodríguez de Vera, Ada Dinckal, Natalia Égüez, Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera, Juan Francisco Navarro Mederos, Efraín Marrero Salas, Christopher E. Miller, Carolina Mallol","doi":"10.1002/gea.21972","DOIUrl":"10.1002/gea.21972","url":null,"abstract":"The indigenous populations of La Palma (Canary Islands), who arrived on the island from Northwest Africa ca. 2000 years B.P., were predominantly pastoralists. Yet, many aspects of their subsistence economy such as the procurement, management, and use of wild plant resources remain largely unknown. To explore this, we studied the 600–1100-year-old archaeological site of Belmaco Cave, which comprises a stratified sedimentary deposit representative of a fumier. Here, we present a high-resolution, multiproxy geoarchaeological study combining soil micromorphology, lipid biomarker analysis, X-ray diffraction, μ-X-ray diffraction, μ-X-ray fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and μ-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, to characterize formation processes and explore plant sources. Recurrent goat/sheep habitation and maintenance activities are represented by interstratified layers of unburned dung, charcoal-rich sediment, and dung ash. Lipid biomarker data show a herd diet mainly composed of herbaceous plants, which is key to understanding the mobility of indigenous shepherds. Our results also revealed an unusual suite of authigenic minerals including hazenite, aragonite, and sylvite, possibly formed through diagenetic processes involving interaction between ash, dung, urine, volcanogenic components, and bacterial activity, coupled with arid and alkaline conditions. Our study shows the potential of a multiproxy approach to a fumier deposit in a volcanogenic sedimentary context.","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"38 6","pages":"713-739"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.21972","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41793303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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