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Sediment consolidation and archaeological site formation

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 205 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0883-6353
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20114

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Abstract

Consolidation is the reduction in sediment volume that occurs in response to natural overburden loading. As void space is reduced, solid particles within the consolidating sediment undergo rearrangement, including downward displacement and reduction in inclination angle. Buried artifacts are also subject to this rearrangement. An experiment was designed to simulate consolidation of artifact‐bearing sediments and document the extent of artifact rearrangement caused by varying degrees of consolidation. Results indicate that artifacts will generally follow the downward movement of the sediment regardless of individual artifact attributes, and that significant reductions in artifact inclination angle can occur. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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