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Micromorphological features of medieval cultural layers formed in different environmental backgrounds
Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana. 2022. Vol. 74. No. 3. Article A080822.
Bronnikova M., Karpova J., Murasheva V., Kochkina A. F., Stashenkov D. A., Arzhantseva I., Haerke H. G.
This research compares results of micromorphological case studies conducted on four early medieval archaeological sites with differentiated spatialization of human impacts and a varied craft production located in different background environments: humid climate, subzone of mixed forests, floodplain of the Dnieper River (Gnezdovo site); semi-humid climate, subzone of forest-steppe, Middle Volga region (Muromsky Gorodok and Malaya Ryazan’ sites); arid climate, cold desert of the Aral region, ancient delta-alluvial plain of the Syr-Darya River (Dzhankent site).
Шмитт К., М.: Праксис, 2026.
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