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Geomorphic processes and geoarchaeology Figure 2. Distribution of Indus sites in Haryana and western UP, with location of study areas, Alamgirpur (Area 1) and Masudpur (Area 2) shown impacts on this landscape, human responses to environmental change, and the process of cultural change. Main approach towards this study involves studying the archaeological site formation by using soil micro-morphology, reconstructing stratigraphic columns from the excavated sites and distinguishing between natural sedimentary and anthropic processes in the formation of archaeological levels. This work is one components of the much larger UKIERI funded project of «Land, water and settlement: Environmental constraints and human responses in northwest India between 2000 and 300 BC» [1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 5, 7]. Initial analysis of thin sections from these sites have revealed evidence of a lengthy period of accumulation history (c. 600 years), which is marked by the presence of several compacted floors, settlement-derived debris, and periods of abandonment. It is also apparent that many sites were established on former floodplains which are no longer affected by seasonal inundation and alluvial deposition. References 1. Petrie, C.A. 2008a. Looking for lost rivers in Northwest India. In McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Annual Report 2007–2008 Cambridge, University of Cambridge. 2. Petrie, C.A. 2008b. Lost rivers and life on the plains. Relay 5, P. 12–13. 3. Petrie, C.A., Singh, R.N. 2008. Investigating cultural and geographical transformations from the collapse of Harappan urbanism to the rise the great Early Historic cities: A note on the Land, water and settlement project. South Asian Studies, Vol. 24, P. 37–38. 4. Singh, R.N., Petrie C.A. 2008a. An archaeological and geographical reconnaissance of western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana: April 4th–15th and May 21st, 2008." Bharati 32. 203
Geomorphic processes and geoarchaeology 5. Singh, R.N., Petrie C.A. 2008b. Settlements in context: Reconnaissance in western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, April and May 2008. Man and Environment, Vol. 33(2). 6. Singh, R.N., Petrie, C.A., French, C., Goudie, A.S., Gupta, S., Tewari, R., Singh, A.K., Sinha, R., Srivastava, R. 2008. Settlements in Context: Reconnaissance in Western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Man and Environment, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, P. 71-87. 7. Singh, R.N., Petrie, C.A., French, C., Neogi, S., Pandey, A.K., Parikh, D., Pawar, V. 2010. Geoarchaeological survey and excavations at Burj-2010, Fatehabad, Haryana. Puratattva, No. 40, P. 94-101. INTEGRATING GEOGRAPHICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA IN THE ROMANIAN CHALCOLITHIC. CASE STUDY: CUCUTENI SETTLEMENTS FROM VALEA OII (SHEEP VALLEY – BAHLUI) WATERSHED Nicu I.C. 1,4, Asăndulesei A. 1, Brigand R. 1,2, Cotiugă V. 1, Romanescu Gh. 1,4, Boghian D. 3 1 «Al.I.Cuza» University of Iasi, Interdiscipinary Research Platform ARHEOINVEST, Department of Science, St. Lascăr Catargi 54, 700107, Iaşi, Romania, nicucristi@gmail.com, andrei.asandulesei@yahoo.com, vasicot@uaic.ro, robinbrigand@yahoo.fr, geluromanescu@yahoo.com 2 Laboratory of Chrono-Environnement, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, robinbrigand@yahoo.fr 3 «Stefan cel Mare» University of Suceava, Faculty of History and Geography, Romania, dumitrub@atlas.usv.ro 4 «Al.I.Cuza» University of Iasi, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Department of Geography, Bd.Carol I 20A, 700505, Iasi, Romania, nicucristi@gmail.com, geluromanescu@yahoo.com To integrate geographical and archaeological data to study the interaction between environment and human consists in an interdisciplinary research method – a geoarchaeological approach. This is a very important approach that shows the results offered by modern techniques (GIS) and the classic research methods [3]. The link between archaeology and environment was made since 1970’s, 1980’s. The forerunners who lead to development and implementation of new research methods: geological element [1], climatic element [2], hydrological element [4], geomorphological element [5], paleogeomorphological reconstruction [7]. The relation human-landscape could be considered as one of the most closely related and interdependent one to each other, because human or human communities took into account, with or without their willing, the environmental features (geological settings – underground resources as raw material to built their houses, manufacture of weapons for hunting, places to exploit salt resources, etc.; geomorphological settings – location of the settlements on the structural plateaus in defensive purpose, in contact areas to make easy the mobility between certain communities, etc.; hydrological settings – proximity to water resources like springs, water courses, defending against hydrological 204
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