Past spoils, present toils: An interdisciplinary research on the effect of past human activity on present soil health based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland | SFC ARCS
Subject: Archaeology
School: School of Humanities
Supervisors: Dr. Michael Given, University of Glasgow; Dr. Bianca Cavazzin, University of Glasgow; Dr. Ehsan Jorat, Abertay University; Dr. Matt Aitkenhead, James Hutton Institute; Malcolm Coull, James Hutton Institute
Keywords: Soil health, landscape archaeology, land use, palaeoclimate reconstruction, interdisciplinary research
Discipline+Catalyst: Archaeology & Classics
Knowledge Exchange Hub: Heritage
Strategic Themes & Priority Areas: Equalities, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) and Social Justice within Arts & Humanities contexts
About Meike’s Research:
Soils are an important but often neglected part of climate regulation. Unfortunately, the long-term effects of human activity on soil are not well-understood. On the one hand, soil scientists have developed well-established methods of measuring soil health. On the other hand, archaeologists have reached a consensus on how humans have altered the physical landscape. But there is a lack of research on how past human activities have affected soil health, let alone to what spatial and temporal extent those impacts remain measurable. This research aims to cover that gap in knowledge, through interdisciplinary research of archaeology and soil health.
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E: m.van-lit.1@research.gla.ac.uk
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