Buried soils of the Nedvigovskoe ancient settlement and the role of the ancient anthropogenic factor in chernozem formation

摘要

Soils of the Tanais archaeological reserve (the Nedvigovskoe ancient settlement) were studied. These are the buried meadow-chernozemic paleosol and the modern ordinary calcareous chernozem formed above the ancient road to the settlement. The morphological, chemical, and physical properties of the soils and their specific genetic features were characterized. The results of this study prove that a soil body in the steppe zone is formed not only under the impact of the pedogenic transformation of the parent material but also under the impact of continuous sedimentation of dust particles onto the soil surface with their assimilation by the soil.