2023
Multivariate analysis reveals spatial variability of soil geochemical signals in the area of a medieval manorial farm
Multivariate geochemical analysis of the deserted medieval manor published in CATENA.
Study →Dataset not public yet
HUMAN EARTH LAB · TIMELINE
Research timeline
Published Human Earth Lab milestones over time. Each entry links a site, result, publication and available data.
2024
Stable isotope analysis in soil prospection reveals the type of historic land-use under contemporary temperate forests in Europe
Stable isotopes reveal historical agricultural use beneath present forest; Scientific Reports publication plus open dataset and R code.
2025
Explaining Dark Earth’s formation processes may help to understand the settlement strategy
Study published on Dark Earth formation, levelling and settlement in a wet alluvial environment.
Study →Dataset not public yet
2025
Geoarchaeology in the Absence of Layers: Large-Scale Sampling From an Iron Age Urban Context in the Southern Levant
pXRF + pOSL + organic-residue geoarchaeological workflow published for contexts with weak visible stratigraphy; open dataset.
2026
Anthropogenic signatures in the heart of Prague: Urban Dark Earth and soil–sediment processes in a medieval marketplace
Urban Dark Earth and soil–sediment processes of a medieval marketplace published in CATENA; complete source data on Zenodo.
2026
Written in the soil: Record of prehistoric subsistence agriculture in semi-arid foothills of Tien Shan, SW Kyrgyzstan
Synthesis of prehistoric irrigation landscape, soil geochemistry and isotopic land-use record published.
Study →Dataset not public yet