Citation:

PANGAEA.953792

Name: Landscape archaeological investigations near Wanna, district Cuxhaven, Germany - layer data
Creator: Pière Leon Frederiks
Published: 2023-01-10
Keywords: archaeology; bog; landscape archaeology; Soil

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Abstract:

In the Ahlen-Falkenberger Moor, District of Cuxhaven beneath layers of peat lays a conserved prehistoric landscapes. For a long time it was assumed that due to its boggy environment the terrain was uninhabited. The ongoing severe peat shrinkage initially caused by the cultivation in the early 20th century revealed megalithic tombs in the bog. Numerous sites of the Funnel Beaker Culture such as megalithic tombs as well as settlements and flat graves can be documented in the surrounding areas. It is the aim of the authors thesis as part of the project "Preserved in the bog" at the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research to reconstruct the Neolithic landscape based on a combination of archaeological, botanical and geological methods. The sediment descriptions of 215 auger corings provided the groundwork for the reconstruction of the prehistoric landscape. This data set was created as part of the drilling work for the author's master thesis.

Keyword(s):

archaeology; bog; landscape archaeology; Soil

Related to:

Frederiks, Pière Leon (2022): Rekonstruktion einer übermoorten, prähistorischen Landschaft bei Wanna, Ldkr. Cuxhaven. Siedlungs- und Küstenforschung im südlichen Nordseegebiet, 45, 43-100

Funding:

Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, grant/award no. Pro*Niedersachsen: Preserved in the bog - relics of prehistoric settlement landscapes in the Elbe-Weser triangle

Coverage:

Latitude: 53.695893 * Longitude: 8.784256

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.0300 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 3.2950 m

Event(s):

Ahlen-Falkenberg_West (Corings Ahlen-Falkenberg west (MA Frederiks)) * Latitude: 53.695893 * Longitude: 8.784256 * Elevation: 2.0 m * Location: Wanna, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany * Method/Device: Gauge auger, Eijkelkamp, 30mm (GA_30mm)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Layer number	Layer		Frederiks, Pière Leon
2	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Frederiks, Pière Leon		Geocode
3	Depth, top/min	Depth top	m	Frederiks, Pière Leon
4	Depth, bottom/max	Depth bot	m	Frederiks, Pière Leon
5	Petrography description	Petrogr descr		Frederiks, Pière Leon	Bodenkundliche Kartieranleitung Ad-hoc-Arbeitsgruppe Boden 2005 5. Auflage
6	Core	Core		Frederiks, Pière Leon
7	Comment	Comment		Frederiks, Pière Leon

License:

Licensing unknown: Please contact principal investigator/authors to gain access and request licensing terms (UNKNOWN)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

7380 data points

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