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A reply to Carter and Davidson's “an evaluation of the contribution of soil micromorphology to the study of ancient arable agriculture”

✍ Scribed by Richard I. Macphail

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
99 KB
Volume
13
Category
Article
ISSN
0883-6353

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✦ Synopsis

In this current issue of Geoarchaeology, have assessed published literature on soil micromorphological studies of ancient agriculture. Their "combative" arguments and final assertion that soil micromorphology cannot be used to identify ancient agriculture is challenged. It is also argued that, without confidence in this technique, it will be difficult for Carter and Donaldson to carry out the kinds of researches that they advocate. As well as challenging their view, the author provides an example of one way to collect and present data more accurately and convincingly from soil micromorphological studies of experiments in ancient agriculture. Readers can arrive at their own conclusions.

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