Universität zu Köln

Nykamp, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-2074-1511, Hardt, Jacob ORCID: 0000-0001-8485-2232, Hoelzmann, Philipp ORCID: 0000-0001-8709-8474, May, Jens and Reimann, Tony ORCID: 0000-0001-7948-5159 (2021). Towards timing and stratigraphy of the Bronze Age burial mound royal tomb (Konigsgrab) of Seddin (Brandenburg, northeastern Germany). E G Quatern. Sci. J., 70 (1). S. 1 - 18. GOTTINGEN: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH. ISSN 2199-9090

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Abstract

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 (Konigsgrab) of Seddin. We show that the hitherto established radiocarbon-based terminus post quem time frame for the construction of the burial mound of 910-800 BCE is supported by optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating. The radiocarbon samples were obtained from a substrate directly underneath the burial mound which supposedly represents the late glacial/Holocene soil that was buried below the structure. We use sedimentological (grain-size analyses) and geochemical analyses (element analyses, carbon, pH, and electric conductivity determinations) to reassess and confirm this hypothesis. In addition to the burial age associated with the last anthropogenic reworking during construction of the burial mound, the OSL dating results provide new insights into the primary deposition history of the original substrates used for the structure. In combination with regional information about the middle and late Quaternary development of the environment, our data allow us to provide a synoptic genetic model of the landscape development and the multiphase stratigraphy of the royal tomb of Seddin within the Late Bronze Age cultural group Seddiner Gruppe of northern Germany. Based on our initial experiences with OSL dating applied to the sediments of a burial mound - to the best of our knowledge the first attempt in Europe - we propose a minimal invasive approach to obtain datable material from burial mounds and discuss related opportunities and challenges.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Nykamp, Moritz UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2074-1511 UNSPECIFIED Hardt, Jacob UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8485-2232 UNSPECIFIED Hoelzmann, Philipp UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8709-8474 UNSPECIFIED May, Jens UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Reimann, Tony UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7948-5159 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-583455
DOI:	10.5194/egqsj-70-1-2021
Journal or Publication Title:	E G Quatern. Sci. J.
Volume:	70
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 1 - 18
Date:	2021
Publisher:	COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
Place of Publication:	GOTTINGEN
ISSN:	2199-9090
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Geology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/58345