A matter of scale: urban geoarchaeology in Brussels and Flanders ...

A good knowledge of soils and sediments is mandatory in urban archaeology. Beyond being the matrix surrounding artefacts and ecofacts – either protecting or degrading them – soils and sediments witness of ancient human activities and natural events. However, their study is often a delicate and complex exercise. The reasons are manifold: urban areas are characterized by multiple occupation phases, including recutting and levelling events, often involving many long- and short-time formation processes; excavation trenches are often small, leading to restricted observation windows; sequences often... Mehr ...