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Abstract

Written documents, maps, paintings, and other types of historical sources are often used in association with many types of geohistorical sources, such as those from sediments and archaeological and biological remains. These kinds of data sources are the objects of study in specific disciplinary sectors such as earth science, archaeology, and biology; these sources often require deeper knowledge in specific fields such as pedology, geoarchaeology, climatology, palynology, and paleobotany. This chapter provides a review of methods to investigate stratigraphical records. These methods are often used together in the reconstruction of past environments; they can also be used to corroborate or validate results from other sources of data, such as written documents or historical maps. The description of each method includes the tools and structures necessary for its application as well as short examples from the international context.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    For the other techniques, see, for example, Veeken (2006), Kelly and Thomas (2014), and Campana and Piro (2008).

  2. 2.

    http://www.fao.org/soils-portal/soil-survey/soil-classification/world-reference-base.

  3. 3.

    https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/soilsurvey/soils/survey/state/.

  4. 4.

    Soil Survey Geographic Database.

  5. 5.

    Natural Resources Conservation Service.

  6. 6.

    http://www.arpa.veneto.it/temi-ambientali/suolo/conoscenza-dei-suoli/carte-1-50.000/carta-dei-suoli-della-provincia-di-venezia.

  7. 7.

    The part of a stamen that produces and contains pollen.

  8. 8.

    https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/904#/summary.

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Piovan, S.E. (2020). Processing Stratigraphical Archives. In: The Geohistorical Approach. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42439-8_8

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