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Puy, Arnald ORCID: 0000-0001-9469-2156, Balbo, Andrea L., Zinsli, Camilla and Ramstad, Morten (2016). High-resolution stratigraphy of Scandinavian coastal archaeological settlements: the case of Hakonshella, W Norway. Boreas, 45 (3). S. 508 - 521. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1502-3885

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Abstract

The stratigraphy of Scandinavian open-air archaeological settlements is usually characterized as homogeneous, highly enriched in decomposing organic matter and poor in biogenic carbonates such as shells or bones. As a result, stratigraphies are often difficult to read in the field and settlement sequences may pass unnoticed by archaeologists. Here we show how the integration of bulk analyses, soil micromorphology, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) core scanning and multivariate statistics can help in overcoming such limitations. We use the case study of Hakonshella 8, a Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherer settlement located in Bergen (W Norway). Fluctuations in the organic matter content, geochemical proxies (mainly P, Ga, Ti and the Si/Al ratio) and redoximorphic features highlight four cycles of site occupation and abandonment in an otherwise massive anthropogenic deposit. Following these settlement sequences, the site was covered by colluvium from nearby slopes over which a waterlogged soil formed. The approach used in Hakonshella has the potential to improve our capacity to interpret organically enriched anthropic deposits formed in coastal Scandinavia and in similar climatic regions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Puy, Arnald UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9469-2156 UNSPECIFIED Balbo, Andrea L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zinsli, Camilla UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ramstad, Morten UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-270249
DOI:	10.1111/bor.12166
Journal or Publication Title:	Boreas
Volume:	45
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 508 - 521
Date:	2016
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1502-3885
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PORTABLE XRF ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTS; RECORDS; CLIMATE; MARINE; LAKE; VARIABILITY; CALIBRATION; PROVENANCE Multiple languages Geography, Physical; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27024