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Contributed by Frederic Classon   
Monday, 24 April 2006

The shallow subsurface of present day urban areas has been severely modified by anthropogenic landscaping since pre-historic times. These changes of the geoenvironment can be reproduced by man made ground which shows a complex and heterogeneous distribution and structure.




For example, grave artificial landscaping in the Eastern Districts of Cologne can be traced back into roman times. It is recordet by deposits filling a trench, which  surroundet the former roman fort (see Fig. 1).

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