Soil catena formation and erosion of two Mississippian mounds at Cahokia archaeological site, Illinois

Soil Science

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 812-824

  Olson, K R ^a   Jones, R L ^a   Gennadiyev, A N ^b   Chernyanskii, S ^b   Woods, W I ^c   Lang, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological mound; Erosion; Fly ash; Magnetic susceptibility; Paleoenvironment; Tillage

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CATENA; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CATENA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 0344926345     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000100469.96182.9c     Document Type: Article

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