History of the soil, cultural layer, and people in medieval Moscow

The specificity of urban soils, especially those in the central part of Moscow, consists of continuous accumulation of a thick layer of habitation deposits (the cultural layer); its main thickness varies from 3 to 5 m. These deposits have accumulated since the 12th century and are characterized by...

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Main Authors: Elena Alexandrovskaya, Tatyana Panova
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2018-06-01
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Online Access:https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/935
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description The specificity of urban soils, especially those in the central part of Moscow, consists of continuous accumulation of a thick layer of habitation deposits (the cultural layer); its main thickness varies from 3 to 5 m. These deposits have accumulated since the 12th century and are characterized by a high content of organic matter, carbonates, phosphorus compounds, and various microelements. Strong alkalinity and high stone content are also characteristic of this layer. Our study revealed the indices of accumulation of a number of elements and their compounds within the habitation deposits of Moscow. The composition of microelements in the bone tissue of people buried at that time show additional information about their living conditions.
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spelling doaj-art-747dc06247be4077aebc1028fedb8e252025-08-20T02:32:49ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoRevista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas1026-87742007-29022018-06-01203History of the soil, cultural layer, and people in medieval MoscowElena Alexandrovskaya0Tatyana Panova1Independent researcher, Sorge street 26-230, Moscow 125252, Russia.Oruzheynaya Palata, Kremlin, Moscow 103073, Russia. The specificity of urban soils, especially those in the central part of Moscow, consists of continuous accumulation of a thick layer of habitation deposits (the cultural layer); its main thickness varies from 3 to 5 m. These deposits have accumulated since the 12th century and are characterized by a high content of organic matter, carbonates, phosphorus compounds, and various microelements. Strong alkalinity and high stone content are also characteristic of this layer. Our study revealed the indices of accumulation of a number of elements and their compounds within the habitation deposits of Moscow. The composition of microelements in the bone tissue of people buried at that time show additional information about their living conditions. https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/935Cultural layer, soil, anthropogenic, geochemistry, bone, paleoecology
spellingShingle Elena Alexandrovskaya
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History of the soil, cultural layer, and people in medieval Moscow
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas
Cultural layer, soil, anthropogenic, geochemistry, bone, paleoecology
title History of the soil, cultural layer, and people in medieval Moscow
title_full History of the soil, cultural layer, and people in medieval Moscow
title_fullStr History of the soil, cultural layer, and people in medieval Moscow
title_full_unstemmed History of the soil, cultural layer, and people in medieval Moscow
title_short History of the soil, cultural layer, and people in medieval Moscow
title_sort history of the soil cultural layer and people in medieval moscow
topic Cultural layer, soil, anthropogenic, geochemistry, bone, paleoecology
url https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/935
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