The paper investigates potentials and challenges during the interpretation of prehistoric
settlement dynamics based on large archaeological datasets. Exemplarily, this is carried out …

Soil erosion in loess landscapes results in soil organic carbon (SOC) redistribution and
storage in SOC pools. Understanding the SOC dynamics is important because changes in …

Soil properties reflect a host of environmental conditions and land-use patterns. Formation of
cultural landscapes may well be studied at barrow cemeteries, which give the opportunity of …

Water erosion, accelerated in sloped landscapes by intense cultivation (ploughing), can
rapidly degrade humus-rich topsoil horizons of chernozemic soils, leading to an irreversible …

Chernozems/Phaeozems are important agricultural resources and have been intensively
used for millennia. However, their origin and age are still controversial. In Europe, the …

Hydro-sedimentary processes such as soil erosion, sediment transport, deposition, and re-
deposition influence the environmental evolution of floodplains, especially in loess-covered …

Chernozems are considered to degrade under the temperate humid climate of Central
Europe, particularly in the arable and undulating areas and, thus, exposed to erosion. The …

Soil erosion and the loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) pools are considered serious
environmental problems in undulating landscapes on loess covers, accompanied in some …

Spectroscopic methods combined with statistics have recently gathered substantial interest
in pedological studies. Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been utilized, for example, for …

Two earthen mounds, trapezoid in shape, oriented along the WE/NW-SE axis and located in
prominent landscape positions, were recently discovered in the Głubczyce Forest in the …