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SUMMARY:The Story the Soil tells - Chike Pilgrim
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CONTACT:Laura Pellegrini
DESCRIPTION:Soil samples from archaeological sites may be analysed through
  several means\,\nincluded through the analysis of the microscopic pollen\
 , phytoliths\, and charcoal\nheld therein. Whereas pollen may tell us abou
 t the trees and shrubs (both\ndryland and wetland) that formed an ancient 
 landscape\, non-pollen palymorphs\nserve as indicators of past environment
 s by indicating which algae\, fibres\, fungal\nspores and plant fragments 
 can be found in the soil under study. After soil\nsamples are impregnated 
 with resin and thin section slides of them created\, they\nmay be describe
 d and put under light microscopes to analyse their\nphotomicrographs.\nMic
 romorphological studies of soils and sediments help us identify how\nsedim
 ents and surface soils formed. They may also help us find out about what\n
 vegetation cover ancient landscapes were characterized by. The chemical\na
 nalysis of soil may help us track organic matter\, phosphate\, pH\, salini
 ty and\nother characteristics of a soil that indicate\, among other things
 \, human activity.\nIt is these two latter aspects of soil analysis (micro
 morphology and soil\nchemistry) that I will focus on with respect to early
  to mid-Holocene\narchaeological site in the south Caribbean – Trinidad 
 to be specific.\n\nBio\nChike Pilgrim is a writer\, historian and archaeol
 ogist. He holds degrees in History\nfrom the University of the West Indies
  and a degree in Archaeology from the\nUniversity of Oxford. He is current
 ly a second year PhD in Archaeology here at\nthe University of Cambridge.\
 nHis interests include: the Archaeology of the Caribbean and the Global So
 uth\,\nLandscape Historical Ecology\, Geoarchaeology\, Bioarchaeology and 
 Stable\nIsotope Analysis\, and Maritime Archaeology. His current studies a
 re concerned\nwith the settlement of the Caribbean islands during the Holo
 cene and the\nresultant effect of this settlement on the ecology of the is
 lands.
LOCATION:1 Newnham Terrace\, Darwin College
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