EJSSEurasian Journal of Soil ScienceEurasian J Soil Sci2147 - 4249Federation of Eurasian Soil Science Societieshttp://ejss.fesss.org/10.18393/ejss.1827910.18393/ejss.18279Paleosols and climate of the steppe zone in early iron age: Identifying short term warming of climate on slightly sensors soilsLiudmila Plekhanova dianthus1@rambler.ru33220 - 2292014-07-012014-10-142014-10-302014-11-05 Copyright © 2016 The authors and Federation of Eurasian Soil Science Societies Studies on paleosols under an archaeological landmark of a rare type (a complex of kurgans with “whiskers”) dating from the Early Iron Age (the fourth century AD) have been performed in the steppe zone of the Transural Plateau. The size and shape of third-order soil polygons under stony ridges (“whiskers”) between the kurgans have been described in detail. The results have shown that the paleosol under the kurgans erected at the turn of the Late Sarmatian and Hun times (1600 years ago) is characterized by a higher humus content and deeper location of the carbonate horizon, compared to the recent soil. This indicates that an increase in atmospheric humidity took place in the fourth century AD. Paleosols, paleoclimate, steppe zone, Early Iron Age