Abstract
Plaggen agriculture was the dominant land use system in the Pleistocene cover sand area of Northwest Europe before the introduction of chemical fertilisers. In today's landscape Fimic horizons and driftsand deposits are characteristic survivors of plaggen agriculture. The age and accumulation rate of these phenomena cannot be satisfactorily determined by conventional methods like pollen analysis and radiocarbon dating. The results of optical dating applied to a Fimic horizon of a plaggen soil near Weert (Netherlands) are compared with those from conventional methods.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 547-553 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Archaeological Science |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 11 Feb 2005 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2005 |
Keywords
- Cover sand
- Dating techniques
- Driftsand
- Fimic Anthrosol
- Holocene
- Netherlands
- Optically stimulated luminescence
- Plaggen agriculture