Past settlement sites are associated with the accumulation and depletion of many elements. The effects of past settlement activities on recent arable land-use are not well known. The study aimed to determine the effect of past human activities on contemporary arable soil according to the physical and chemical properties and magnetic susceptibility. We studied anthroposols developed on metamorphic maritime sediment of Proterozoic age in an Early Medieval to 1945 settlement, Bělá nad Radbuzou, Czech Republic. The study compared the anthroposols with surrounding control of the same geological substrate unaffected by past settlement activities. The originally brown Luvic Cambisol in control turned black in the settlement site mainly due to the decomposition of organic wastes and partly from charcoal inclusion, with a high proportion of clay. The anthroposols additionally were characterized by reduced acidity and higher accumulation of total (P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Sr, and Rb) and plant-available (mehlich-3 P, K, Ca, Fe, Cu, and Zn) elements compared to the control. Furthermore, anthropogenic stress was well recorded by the magnetic susceptibility of soil from the anthroposols, with a significant correlation to the Ca, Mn, Cu, Zn, and Pb. Magnetic susceptibility can, therefore, be a suitable proxy indicator for past settlement activities. The comparatively lower releasability (proportion of elements available for plants from the total content) of P, Ca, Cu, and Zn in the settlement site explains why their signatures in archaeological localities are very stable and long-lasting. Total P correlated well with total K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Rb, rendering them suitable indicators of past human settlement activities. Past settlement activities on contemporary arable soils can be reflected by high elemental composition and magnetic susceptibility, even after many years.

过去的定居点与许多元素的积累和消耗有关。过去的定居活动对近期耕地的影响尚不清楚。该研究旨在根据理化性质和磁化率确定过去人类活动对当代耕地的影响。我们研究了在中世纪早期至1945年定居点，捷克共和国贝拉纳德·拉德布祖（Bělánad Radbuzou）的原生动物时代变质海洋沉积物上开发的人油。该研究比较了人为酚和周围不受相同定居活动影响的同一地质基质的控制情况。控制下最初呈褐色的卢维克·坎比索尔（Luvic Cambisol）在定居点变成黑色，这主要是由于有机废物的分解，部分原因是木炭夹杂物以及高比例的粘土。人烟酚的特征还在于酸度降低和总积累（P，K，Ca，Mg，Mn，Fe，Cu，Zn，Sr和Rb）和植物可用（Mehlich-3 P，K，Ca，Fe ，Cu和Zn）元素与对照相比。此外，人为应力通过人为基酚对土壤的磁化率得到了很好的记录，与钙，锰，铜，锌和铅之间存在显着相关性。因此，磁化率可以作为过去定居活动的合适替代指标。沉降点中P，Ca，Cu和Zn的可释放性相对较低（可用于植物的元素占总含量的比例）说明了为什么它们在考古地区的签名非常稳定且持久。总磷与总钾，钙，锰，铁，铜，锌和R的相关性很好，使它们成为过去人类住区活动的合适指标。即使在多年之后，过去在当代耕地上的定居活动也可以通过高元素组成和磁化率反映出来。