Ell Yunatsite and the nearby settlement - comparative pedological analysis in the context of archaeological stratigraphy

The results of interdisciplinary studies performed at the Thracian sites dating from the Eneolithic to the Bronze Age are presented in the article. The data of soil, chemical, and micromorphological investigations of the sediments are compared to the archaeological stratigraphy of the two multilayer settlements for a long time excavated by joint Russian-Bulgarian expedition. The results of complex analytical studies do not agree in all aspects, since each method has certain limitations, which is clearly revealed when applied to the multilayer sites' deposits. The factors that cause disagreements should be established and analysed.