Reports from the Environmental Archaeology Unit, York 95/18, 12 pp. Assessment of thin sections of soils and sediments from excavations at Thornbrough Farm, Catterick, North Yorkshire, sites CAS
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This is the case, in particular, because a very high variability was observed both in the thin sections and in the field and the information provided by micromorphology was only of local significance, restricted to the area of thin sections. Comparison of thin sections with the field data shows that micromorphology has no potential for extrapolation of results to the level of context or phase, or for providing significant additional information.
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