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- Title
Sediment consolidation and archaeological site formation.
- Authors
Andrews, Brian N.
- Abstract
Consolidation is the reduction in sediment volume that occurs in response to natural overburden loading. As void space is reduced, solid particles within the consolidating sediment undergo rearrangement, including downward displacement and reduction in inclination angle. Buried artifacts are also subject to this rearrangement. An experiment was designed to simulate consolidation of artifact-bearing sediments and document the extent of artifact rearrangement caused by varying degrees of consolidation. Results indicate that artifacts will generally follow the downward movement of the sediment regardless of individual artifact attributes, and that significant reductions in artifact inclination angle can occur. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Publication
Geoarchaeology, 2006, Vol 21, Issue 5, p461
- ISSN
0883-6353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/gea.20114