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Author : Griffith, M. A
Date : 1980
Title : A pedological investigation of an archaeological site in Ontario, Canada, I. An examination of the soils in and adjacent to a former village."
Publication : Geoderma
Issue : 24(4):
Page(s) : 327-336
Abstract
The Benson site is a former village which was inhabited by Huron Indians in the 1600's. It is located 90 km northeast of Toronto, Canada. The soils of a portion of the site were sampled on a 1-m grid 15 cm below the surface. These soils were then analyzed for magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, carbonates, pH and organic carbon. Three off-site soil profiles (Podzols) were sampled and analyzed for comparative purposes. Of the chemical attributes of soil materials studied at the Benson site amounts of magnesium, organic phosphorus, and inorganic phosphorus were sufficiently different to be useful in distinguishing formerly occupied soils from off-site soils. Such information may thus be an aid to archaeologists in determining the presence or absence of sites occupied in the past.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology