9th September 2011, 11:36 AM
In our office subsoil refers to layers between the ploughsoil and the natural (sometimes called the natural subsoil just to confuse people) and can be colluvium, alluvium or the kind of arable subsoil associated with ridge and furrow.
Of course this is just archaeological short-hand, for those of us (the majority) who are not soil scientists, but are more concerned with cultural remains.
Perhaps a course on natural features would be useful for undergraduates (and us old lags too!). What on earth is a tree bowl? how does it form? What does it mean?
Of course this is just archaeological short-hand, for those of us (the majority) who are not soil scientists, but are more concerned with cultural remains.
Perhaps a course on natural features would be useful for undergraduates (and us old lags too!). What on earth is a tree bowl? how does it form? What does it mean?