Archaeological Soil Micromorphology dataset from excavations of the Campus of Cartuja, Granada, Spain, in 2013- 2019

Soil micromorphology data from the analysis of samples collected during excavations by the University of Granada on the campus of Cartuja from 2013-2019. Analysis of the samples was supported by  AHRC ‘Landscapes of (Re)Conquest’ project (Grant no. AH/R013861/1, PI Pluskowski, Co-PIs García-Contreras Ruiz and (Michelle) Alexander). 

Micromorphological investigation was carried out using a Leica DMLP polarising microscope at magnifications of x40 - x400 under Plane Polarised Light (PPL), Crossed Polarised Light (XPL), and where appropriate Oblique Incident Light (OIL). Thin-section description is conducted using the identification and quantification criteria set out by Bullock et al. (1985) and Stoops (2003), with reference to Courty et al. (1989), Mackenzie and Adams (1994) and Mackenzie and Guilford (1980) for rock and mineral identification, Nicosia and Stoops (2017) for anthropogenic inclusions, and Stoops et al. (2018) for further identification of post-depositional alterations. The tables of results use the descriptions, inclusions and interpretations format following Bullock et al. (1985).   

List of tables:

Summary Table Cartuja, Granada, Spain (LoR Project) Micromorphology Summary

Table 1 Cartuja, Granada Spain (LoR Project) Micromorphology: Deposit type descriptions

Table 2 Cartuja, Granada (LoR Project) Micromorphology: Abundance of inclusions (% of area of thin section).

Table 3 Cartuja, Granada (LoR Project) Micromorphology: abundance of post-depositional alterations and pedofeatures

References

  

Bullock, P., Fedoroff, N. Jongerius, A. Stoops, G. Tursina, T. 1985– Handbook for Thin Section Description. Wolverhampton: Waine Research.

Courty, M. A., Goldberg, P., Macphail, R. 1989 – Soils and Micromorphology in Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.  

Mackenzie, W. S., Adams, A. E. 1994 – A Colour Atlas of Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Mackenzie, W. S., Guilford, C. 1980 – Atlas of Rock Forming Minerals. Harlow: Longman Group Ltd.

Nicosia, C., Stoops, G. 2017 – Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.  

Stoops, G. 2003 – Guidelines for Analysis and Description of Soil Thin Sections. Madison: Soil Science Society of America.

Stoops, G., Marcelino, V., Mees, F. 2018 – Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths. Amsterdam: Elsevier