Classification of buried soils, cultural, and colluvial deposits in the Viking town Hedeby

Objective classification of settlement deposits is a prerequisite for understanding human‐environment interactions at habitation sites. This paper presents a novel approach combining a relatively fine‐scale sampling strategy, a multimethod geoarchaeological investigation of cores and multivariate statistics to aid in the classification and interpretation of complex and intricately stratified archaeological deposits. Heterogeneous settlement...