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The potential for heavy metal soil analysis on low status archaeological sites at Shapwick, Somerset

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

M. A. Aston ,
M. H. Martin  and
A. W. Jackson
M. A. Aston
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB, England
M. H. Martin
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB, England
A. W. Jackson
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB, England
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Abstract

The Shapwick Project has pioneered and tested a variety of new methods in field survey. Here heavy metal soil analysis is tested in the search for aceramic sites.

Keywords

Shapwicksettlement patternsgeochemicalheavy metalsaceramicsoil analysis
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Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 278 , December 1998 , pp. 838 - 847
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1998

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