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Soil Defined

Layer of unconsolidated material found at the Earth's surface that has been influenced by the soil forming factors: climate, relief, parent material, time, and organisms. Soil normally consists of weathered mineral particles, dead and living organic matter, air space, and the soil solution.

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  • Soil and Greek temples - Dienekes' Anthropology Blog: "This is a fascinating paper, which examines the soil on which Greek temples dedicated to different deities were built, and comes up with an unexpected discovery:&quo t;..."Thi s study of sites of 84 temples of Classical (480-338 BC)Greece found no clear relationship of their sites with geological or topographical setting, or with compass orientation but there was a consistent correlation of soil type with particular deities". .."The author suggests that this pattern is explained by the coming together of tribes with different economic activities.&qu ot;
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  • Working With Clay Soils

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