ABSTRACT
Micromorphological pedofeatures have provided much data on soil evolution in Brittany and help us to understand the way a site was affected by human interference. The micromorphological study of Brittany's palaeosols demonstrates the complexity of ancient pedological phenomena which occur in soils. Micromorphological data should be used within a multidisciplinary framework in order to compare data from investigative methods. Until now, micromorphological analysis of experimental cultivated profiles started after at least one year of experimental farming. Micromorphological descriptions of ancient soils are given using the most recent nomenclature. Archaeological and environmental interpretations themselves are based on micropedological investigations carried out within a soil science context or deduced from micromorphological observation carried out within an archaeological pluridisciplinary context. Experimental agriculture in archaeology has recently appeared in Europe, for example in the study of plant change through domestication.
