Integrated Research oF Soils and Sediments of Maklasheevsky II City (CULTURAL Layer of Early Medieval)

Author(s):  S.P. Lomov, Dr., Prof., Penza State University of Architecture and Construction, Penza, Russia, Stas_Lomov@mail.ru

A.A. Chizhevsky, candidate of Sciences, Khalikov Institute of Archaeology, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia, сhijevski@mail.ru

L.A. Vyazov, candidate of Sciences, Khalikov Institute of Archaeology, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia, l.a.vyazov@gmail.com

A.A. Hysyametdinov, Khalikov Institute of Archaeology, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia, asiatat@yandex.ru

I.N. Spiridonova, Penza State University of Architecture and Construction, Penza, Russia, Irunek@yandex.ru

Issue:  Volume 42, № 3

Rubric:  Earth sciences

Annotation:  The paper presents the results of complex studies of the Maklasheevsky II fortified settlement, which were carried out at the intersection of the natural and human sciences, with detailed integration of soil and archaeological studies. With this approach, ancient soils were subjected to detailed and conjugate archaeological and soil-genetic analysis. Because of complex studies, a significant transformation of the buried Holocene soil was established under the influence of anthropogenic factors, these are fires and associated lacerations, bringing in loess-like rocks for the repair of defensive structures. The negative effect of the pyrogenic influence on the informativity of buried soils and bulk layers is justified; data of the geochemical coefficient CIA allowed reconstructing the dynamics of precipitation in the paleoenvironments during the period of the ancient settlement existence in the Early Middle Ages. These data showed a wide scatter of annual rainfall in comparison with the control figures characteristic of sediments not affected by anthropogenic impact.

Keywords:  The Middle Volga Region, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Early Middle Ages, Imenkov cultural and historical community, ancient settlement, defensive works, complex research, archeology, soil science

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