ВОЗМОЖНОСТИ ФОСФАТНОГО МЕТОДА ПРИ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИИ СТРУКТУРЫ ЖИВОТНОВОДЧЕСКИХ ПОСЕЛЕНИЙ

• Main Authors: АНДЕРСОН Д.ДЖ., ХАРИНСКИЙ А.В., СТЕРХОВА И.В., ШПЕЙЗЕР Г.М.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Иркутский национальный исследовательский технический университет» 2009
• Subjects: Persson; taiga
• Online Access: http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/vozmozhnosti-fosfatnogo-metoda-pri-opredelenii-struktury-zhivotnovodcheskih-poseleniy; http://cyberleninka.ru/article_covers/16962718.png

The study of soil phosphates has been increasingly used in archaeology to document the history and structure of human settlements. This article adapts a portable phosphate test designed in Sweden by K.B. Persson (1997) to Russian conditions in the podzoils along the taiga of the Western shore of Lake Baikal. The article also compares these results to a standard photometric test used in Russian laboratories to measure available phosphates. The level of phosphates are measured at different horizons of sub-soil in an abandoned but documented Buriat cattle farm site. Spot tests were also taken with a hand auger from within and without the remains of each of the physical structures at the site. The results demonstrate that the portable test in most cases show a similar pattern to the laboratory tests and are a reliable indicator of human activity or the presence of domestic animals. Our team concludes that a great deal of care has to be taken with the sampling strategy since in these thin soils it is very easy to mix different horizons. The team also concluded that taking a large number of samples within a grid pattern would also guard against sampling errors. The study of soil phosphates has been increasingly used in archaeology to document the history and structure of human settlements. This article adapts a portable phosphate test designed in Sweden by K.B. Persson (1997) to Russian conditions in the podzoils along the taiga of the Western shore of Lake Baikal. The article also compares these results to a standard photometric test used in Russian laboratories to measure available phosphates. The level of phosphates are measured at different horizons of sub-soil in an abandoned but documented Buriat cattle farm site. Spot tests were also taken with a hand auger from within and without the remains of each of the physical structures at the site. The results demonstrate that the portable test in most cases show a similar pattern to the laboratory tests and are a reliable indicator of human activity or the presence of domestic animals. Our team concludes that a great deal of care has to be taken with the sampling strategy since in these thin soils it is very easy to mix different horizons. The team also concluded that taking a large number of samples within a grid pattern would also guard against sampling errors.