extended abstracts - Geomorphic Processes and Geoarchaeology

Geomorphic processes and geoarchaeology
engineering-geological drilling. A map of the cultural layer depth was created (fig. 3).
The degree of cultural layer preservation according to the chosen markers is estimated as
high. The verification of the data, gathered by the engineering-geological method, has
begun by traditional archaeological tracing with a trench. A 3.7 m deep trench have been
excavated along the line of the shortened profile and preserved till 2012.
The analysis of the landslide section by the archeological trench in 2011 showed a
good condition of cultural layer preservation in the landslide body, despite a long period
of time passed after the destruction. The stratigraphy of the cultural layer is similar to the
one at the settlement (at the excavation area # 7) and allows to consider the fragment a
part of the settlement, or a continuation of the cultural layer of the site. It opens prospects
for clear reconstruction of the settlement pattern before it was destroyed by the landslide.
Figure 4. Northern profile of the trench in 2011 on the 4 th generation of the root border
of the Oka river valley
The research also made it possible to carry out more accurate dating as the
landslide itself as well as other natural processes, happening on this territory after the
landslide, track its intensity in different time periods. The data of the research have
proved the preliminary conclusions about the XIV-XVII centuries, as most probable time
of the linear erosion and landslide activation. The results still need to be compared with
the existing records of the climate changes at that period.
Research done with the financial support of Russian Foundation for Basic
Research, the project № 11-06-00158-a
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