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Floodplain Paleosols of Moskva River Basin: Chronology and Paleoenvironment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2018

A Alexandrovskiy ,
E Ershova ,
E Ponomarenko ,
N Krenke  and
V Skripkin
A Alexandrovskiy*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of Soil Geography & Evolution, Moscow, Russia
E Ershova
Affiliation:
Moscow State University, Moscow; Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
E Ponomarenko
Affiliation:
Ottawa University, Ottawa, Canada; Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
N Krenke
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
V Skripkin
Affiliation:
Kiev Radiocarbon Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Geochemistry NAS Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
*
*Corresponding author. Email: alexradiocarbon@gmail.com.
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Abstract

Seven main periods of soil formation can be distinguished in the floodplain of the Moskva (Moscow) River, with the oldest paleosols dated to the Allerød age. We analyzed paleosols buried under alluvial deposits, colluvial sediments, and archaeological deposits within the catchment area of the Moskva River. Paleopedological reconstructions were correlated with the results of the pedoanthracological and palynological analyses. Series of radiocarbon (14C) dates were obtained on humic acids and dispersed macro-charcoal from paleosols and archaeological features. Wide time frames of the floodplain paleosol formation were determined at a 95% probability as 14,600–12,600 cal BP for Soil 7; 9500–7000 cal BP for Soils 6 and 5; 6700–5500 cal BP for Soil 4; 5000–4400 cal BP for Soil 3b; 4100–2700 cal BP for Soil 3a; and 2000–700 cal BP for Soil 2. The dates were compared with the age of archaeological sites from the same areas. The comparison revealed a close correspondence between the ages of the soil charcoal and the timing of archaeological occupations. That allowed us to conclude that the fire occurrence on a regional level was associated mainly with the human occupation. The fire record is especially pronounced in floodplain paleosols, due to both the role of rivers as human migration corridors, and the integral accumulation of combustion products from the entire catchment area in these paleosols.

Keywords

chronologyclimate changefloodplainsgeoarchaeologyHolocenepaleoecologypaleosolspedoanthracology
Type
Soil
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Radiocarbon , Volume 60 , Issue 4: 2nd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference Debrecen, Hungary, July 3–7, 2017 Part 1 of 2 , August 2018 , pp. 1169 - 1184
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