Cave Sites in Northeastern Luzon, Philippines: A Preliminary Soil Micromorphological Study

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dc.contributor.authorMijares, Armand Salvador B.
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Helen A.
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-23T18:11:36Z
dc.date.available2013-05-23T18:11:36Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractSoil micromorphology was among the approaches used to explore site formation in two cave sites in northern Luzon: Eme and Dalan Serkot Caves. Interplay of biogenic, sedimentary, and anthropogenic processes worked and reworked the archaeological sediments at both sites. Eme Cave was found to be highly bioturbated by faunal activities and shrink-swell processes, and caution is needed in interpreting its archaeological contexts. However, thin section study revealed wood ash and possible burnt soil fragments, along with charcoal, attesting to later prehistoric burning activity at the site at some time. In Dalan Serkot Cave, along with standard cave sediments a volcanic ash deposit was identified, apparently deposited before 6200 b.p., that must have a¤ected local communities, and that could be used as a stratigraphic marker for future research in the area.
dc.format.extent21 pages
dc.identifier.issn0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/29080
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 48
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNumber 1
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectSoil micromorphology
dc.subjectnorthern Luzon
dc.subjectPalaeolithic
dc.subjectNeolithic
dc.subjectcave sites
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Asia--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Oceania--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshAsia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshOceania--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshEast Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.titleCave Sites in Northeastern Luzon, Philippines: A Preliminary Soil Micromorphological Study
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