Influence of Anthropogenic Activity in the Bronze Age on Chemical and Biological Properties of Soils in the Steppe Zone of the Crimean Peninsula
Journal: Eurasian Soil Science
Year: 2026

This study was conducted to examine the influence of ancient anthropogenic activity on the properties of recent virgin soils in northwestern Crimea. Soils were studied along a transect, which passed through a Bronze Age settlement and included lithozems (Petrocalcic Leptosols) and migration-segregational chernozems (Luvic Chernozems). The contents of particle-size fractions, organic carbon, total nitrogen and its mobile mineral forms, various forms of phosphates, and macro- and microelements, as