Wenceslas Square
Urban sediments as records of markets, waste, urbanisation, flood episodes and long-term transformation of the centre of Prague.
Open siteSoils, sediments and layers
The material record of how people lived, farmed and transformed landscapes.
Landscapes have memory
Past farming, settlement, urbanisation and conflicts shape the present condition of soils and landscapes.
Field, laboratory, data
We combine sampling, geochemistry, isotopes, micromorphology, GIS, historical maps and spatial modelling.
Core message
The ground is not only a natural environment. It is also a long-term archive of human action. Human Earth Lab reads this archive through archaeology, soil science, geochemistry and spatial data.
Research directions
Soil and sediment archives
Soils and sediments as records of long-term human activity.
Agrarian landscapes
Fields, manuring, erosion, fertility, deserted villages and economic hinterlands.
Urban environments
Urban layers, waste, markets, settlement sediments and dark earth.
Geochemistry of human activity
Chemical traces of settlement, production, buildings, decomposition and burial.
Conflict and memory landscapes
Battlefields, mass graves, artefact signals and decomposition signals.
Spatial data and modelling
GIS, historical maps, statistics, spatial workflows and data tools.
Current research sites
Třebokov
A deserted rural landscape, medieval farming, soil memory of fields and the long-term relationship between settlement, manor and agricultural hinterland.
Open siteTel Burna
A multi-layered settlement in the southern Levant, where geochemistry, pOSL and biomolecular data help read destruction horizons, floors and the decay of mudbrick architecture.
Open siteApplied collaboration
Soil and landscape as data sources
We help explain the current condition of soils and landscapes in a long-term historical context. We combine field sampling, laboratory analysis, maps, geochemistry and interpretation.
Open partnershipsMaps, graphs, reports
Outputs may include pilot studies, expert reports, map layers, visualisations and clear summaries for decision-making, communication or further research.
Now
Current work
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