Lynchet-Type Terraces, Loess and Agricultural Resilience on Chalk Landscapes in the UK and Belgium
Lynchets, often the defining component of historic agricultural landscapes in northern Europe, are generally associated with soft-limestone geologies and are particularly well developed on loess-mantled landscapes. To understand their formation and chronology, the authors present their geoarchaeological analyses of lynchet soils and loess deposits at Blick Mead and Charlton Forest in southern England, and Sint Martens-Voeren in Belgium. The lynchets date from the late prehistoric to the medieval periods and were constructed by plough action at the English sites, and by both cut-and-fill and pl... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27375173 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/489217/ |