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With more than 2000 excavated archaeological iron artifacts, the Roman–Germanic conflict site Harzhorn is among the best‐preserved battlefields from Classical Antiquity. The Harzhorn hogback, with its steep front face oriented to the north, is situated perpendicular to an important north–south passage west of the Harz Mountains in central Germany....
The total organic carbon (TOC) concentration of particulate samples is a key parameter to characterize soils and sediments. To demonstrate the applicability and reliability of a modified sample preparation method for the direct measurement of TOC contents in suspended particulate samples, we analyzed five certified reference materials (CRMs) with v...
This study presents a meta‐analysis of radiocarbon ages for the environs of Göbekli Tepe – one of the oldest monumental structures worldwide – using cumulative probability functions to diachronically assess phases of geomorphodynamic activity as controlled by natural or anthropogenic drivers. We employ sediment cascades as a heuristic framework to...
The relation between human activities, climate variability, and geomorphodynamics in the Mediterranean region is widely discussed. For the western lower Bakırçay plain in the ancient Pergamon Micro-Region, geoarchaeological studies have shown changes in geomorphodynamics primarily on a site-basis. We reconstruct past geomorphodynamics in the area b...
This study traces the geomorphological development in the environs of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site Göbekli Tepe by means of radiocarbon dated sediment profiles from its close vicinity. Based on facies interpretation we identify different depositional environments and discuss the involved process dynamics. Our results show that the sediments from...
Previous studies have shown that prehistoric hunter-gatherer groups and Mesoamerican societies settled on the eastern shore of the former Lake Texcoco. The lake
shore was a fluvial-lacustrine landscape shaped by seasonal and long-term transgressions and regressions. However, the basis for linking sedimentary environments
to paleolandscapes and pre-...
The Pergamon micro-region (western Türkiye) has experienced several phases of increased geomorphodynamics during the Holocene. However, the role of local–regional human activities during a transformation between Hellenism and the Roman Imperial period and supra-regional climate fluctuations is still under discussion. Five sediment profiles from the...
From 300 BC to AD 300, the city of Pergamon underwent a profound transformation that impacted the rural settlement patterns and the concomitant geomorphodynamics. We present a geoarchaeological study in a long-term settled catchment in the Pergamon micro-region to disentangle the Holocene geomorphodynamics and triggering factors, for example, clima...
The data support the interpretation of varying sediment facies and the reconstruction of the Mid-Late Holocene alluvial dynamics on the Tekkedere valley and the alluvial fan in the micro-region of an ancient city Pergamon, west Turkey (Yang et al. 2023; https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2022.73). This dataset of sediment analyses was collected through th...
The data support the interpretation of varying sediment facies and the reconstruction of the Holocene alluvial fan dynamics on the Deliktaş catchment in the micro-region of an ancient city Pergamon, west Turkey (Yang et al., in press). This dataset of sediment analyses was collected through the field work in the Deliktaş alluvial fan and laboratory...
Die Pergamongrabung konzentrierte sich 2020 auf Arbeiten im Rahmen des neuen Forschungsprogramms »Die Transformation der Mikroregion Pergamon zwischen Hellenismus und römischer Kaiserzeit« (TransPergMikro). Die Ausgrabung eines hellenistischen Grabbezirks am Nordhang des Stadtbergs hat zahlreiche neue Einblicke in die Funeralkultur dieser Zeit erbr...
The monumental Late Bonze Age royal tomb of Seddin is located in the old morainic landscape of the Prignitz region, northeastern Germany. Together with other richly equipped burials and a row of stone pits in its direct vicinity, it provides evidence for the presence of an elite from the nineth to sixth centuries BCE in this region. Our map emphasi...
Map published along with paper: https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.2020178
This study uses an integrated multi-method
geoarcheological and geochronological approach to contribute to the
understanding of the timing and stratigraphy of the monumental burial mound royal tomb (Königsgrab) of Seddin. We show that the hitherto
established radiocarbon-based terminus post quem time frame for the
construction of the burial mound o...
Interaction represents the main drivers of historic, economic, social, and cultural processes and is addressed by many archaeological approaches, including culture and networks. Interaction can be measured using site distribution, exchanged objects and cultural distances. These approaches of developing empirical interaction models are explained. A...
This dataset comprises the detailed descriptions and laboratory measurements of sediment profiles from the semi-arid environs of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey—one of the oldest monumental structures of humankind dating to c. 11.5–10 ka BP. Focus of the descriptions are the architectural elements of the deposits...
Quantitative sediment analyses performed in the laboratory are often used throughout archaeological excavations to critically reflect on-site stratigraphic delineation. Established methods are, however, often time-consuming and expensive. Recent studies suggest that systematic image analysis can objectivise the delineation of stratigraphic layers b...
This contribution provides a first characterization of the environmental development for the surroundings of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Göbekli Tepe. We base our analyses on a literature review that covers the environmental components of prevailing bedrock and soils, model- and proxy-based climatic development, and vegetation. The spatio-tem...
This doctoral thesis focuses on human–environment interactions in the environs of the Late Bronze Age enclosure Corneşti-Iarcuri – the largest known settlement of European prehistory. Varying interactions among humans and the environment are considered on different spatial and temporal scales aiming to enhance our understanding of their impacts on...
This study exemplifies the theoretical and methodological process of integration of disciplinary results, the joint development of new hypotheses and its interdisciplinary interpretation in the framework of landscape archaeological research. A conceptual model is introduced to visualize the integration process. The findings of two recently publishe...
This study applies a landscape archaeological approach, combining geoscientific and archaeological data, to shed light into the Holocene landscape development in the environs of the Late Bronze Age enclosure of Corne¸stiCorne¸sti-Iarcuri, Romania. Corne¸stiCorne¸sti-Iarcuri is located at the eastern edge of the Great Hungarian Plain and represents...
The presented study combines data from geomorphological, geochemical, sedimentological, chronometric, and archaeological records providing first insights into the Holocene landscape development in the environs of the Late Bronze Age fortification enclosure Corneşti-Iarcuri. This large-scale archaeological site is located in a loess-covered, undulat...
For the environs of the Late Bronze Age fortification enclosure Iarcuri the
hydro-morphological relief characteristics are combined with archaeological evidences.
Target of the study is to evaluate the impact of settlement activities in the surroundings of
Iarcuri on the development of the channel network. Data analysis is based on topographic
map-...
Corneşti-Iarcuri is the largest known fortification enclosure of prehistoric Europe. The site is located in the Romanian Banat, at the southeastern edge of the Mureş alluvial fan (Fig. 1). Four earth filled wooden ramparts with a total length of about 33 km enclose an area of more than 17.2 km². Even today, after centuries of intensive arable farmi...
Late Holocene landscape evolution in the Geyikli basin, a sub-catchment of the Bakircay basin on the West Anatolian Coast, and its implications for the plaeogeography of the environs of ancient Pergamon (modern Bergama), were studied by a combination of archaeological and geographical investigations. The study aims to investigate whether the "Dorpf...
