Phosphorus (P) and other chemical elements have been used to identify residential
middens at archaeological sites. This study discusses the relationship of soil chemical …

Middens are surprisingly fluid entities in occupied communities, as shown by
ethnoarchaeological research in Dalupa, Kalinga Province, northern Luzon, the Philippines …

Recent studies have promoted using soil phosphate analysis to detect ancient Maya sites by
delimiting areas of occupation based on decomposed organic matter. Refuse associated …

Open spaces are an integral part of past urban settlement worldwide. Often large and devoid
of visible traces of past activities, these spaces challenge mainstream archaeological …

This thesis contains three manuscripts aimed at the interpretation of activity areas and
ancient human behavior through soil chemical analyses. The association of chemical …

Archaeologists have employed sediment chemistry in site prospection for nearly a century.
For example, phosphorus is a good indicator of human occupation, because it is a generic …

This report describes the results of a geochemical analysis using a mild acid extraction and
inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy of 198 samples from plaster surfaces at the …

Recent chemical analyses of ancient anthrosols in Mesoamerica and elsewhere
demonstrate the explanatory value of these investigative techniques and also point out …

Activities performed over long periods of time tend to leave soil chemical residues as
evidence of those activities. Some of the questions studied in this paper deal with the …

The applicability of soil chemical analysis to the interpretation of ancient human activity
areas in the Maya region was studied for potential implications in anthropogenically …