Silbermann, Matthias; Pohle, Marco; Jung, Peter; Werban, Ulrike (2025): 2D-ERT data for localizing a Black Death mass grave in Erfurt, Thuringia (Germany) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.974818
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Published: 2025-02-05 • DOI registered: 2025-03-06
Abstract:
Near-surface geophysical prospection combined with sediment coring was used to determine the exact location of a Black Death mass grave in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany. The focus was on exploring the natural stratigraphic and pedogenic environment using sediment coring and geophysical surveys to gain a broader contextual understanding of the site and to determine the most appropriate geophysical methods for locating a mass grave and characterising the natural background. Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) proved to be the most suitable geophysical method.
The ERT data were collected by using a PC controlled DC resistivity meter system (RESECS, GeoServe, Kiel, Germany). A total of seven ERT transects were measured, three transects in September 2022, two transects in January 2023 and two transects in June 2023. The electrode spacing was 0.5 m and the transect length varied from 31.5 to 87.5 meter. For the measurements in autumn 2022 we used a Wenner alpha configuration. For the subsequent measurements in 2023, we used Wenner alpha and Dipole-Dipole configuration. The coordinates and the heights of the electrodes in the central wooded area (ERT02, ERT03, ERT04, ERT06 and ERT07) were measured using a total station (Leica TPS1200+). The electrode positions and heights of ERT11 and ERT12 were measured with a differential GPS (Leica GPS1200).
Further information on the measurement setup and data structure can be found in the explanation of the specific ERT transects.
Related to:
Hein, Michael; Usmar, Nik; Engel, Annabell; Rabiger-Völlmer, Johannes; Schmidt, Johannes; Silbermann, Matthias; Pohle, Marco; Nießen, Iris O; Offermann, Martin; Werther, Lukas; Schneider, Birgit; Tannhäuser, Christian; Herbig, Alexander; Nováček, Jan; Werban, Ulrike; Bauch, Martin; Zielhofer, Christoph (in prep.): What the landscape can tell: An integrative stratigraphic prospection approach for localizing a Black Death mass grave in Erfurt/Central Germany.
Further details:
Pohle, Marco (2025): ERT Measurement setup and data structure from transect ERT02 -Erfurt. Explanation_ERT-Data_Erfurt_ERT02.pdf
Pohle, Marco (2025): ERT Measurement setup and data structure from transect ERT03 -Erfurt. Explanation_ERT-Data_Erfurt_ERT03.pdf
Pohle, Marco (2025): ERT Measurement setup and data structure from transect ERT04 -Erfurt. Explanation_ERT-Data_Erfurt_ERT04.pdf
Pohle, Marco (2025): ERT Measurement setup and data structure from transect ERT06 -Erfurt. Explanation_ERT-Data_Erfurt_ERT06.pdf
Pohle, Marco (2025): ERT Measurement setup and data structure from transect ERT07 -Erfurt. Explanation_ERT-Data_Erfurt_ERT07.pdf
Pohle, Marco (2025): ERT Measurement setup and data structure from transect ERT11 -Erfurt. Explanation_ERT-Data_Erfurt_ERT11.pdf
Pohle, Marco (2025): ERT Measurement setup and data structure from transect ERT12 -Erfurt. Explanation_ERT-Data_Erfurt_ERT12.pdf
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Funding:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn (DFG), grant/award no. BA 5914/1-1: Climate, Famine, and Plague: A Pilot Study of the 14th-century Mass Graves of Erfurt from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn (DFG), grant/award no. WE 5518/3-1: Climate, Famine, and Plague: A Pilot Study of the 14th-century Mass Graves of Erfurt from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn (DFG), grant/award no. ZI 721/20-1: Climate, Famine, and Plague: A Pilot Study of the 14th-century Mass Graves of Erfurt from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 51.020787 * Median Longitude: 11.032205 * South-bound Latitude: 51.019945 * West-bound Longitude: 11.031230 * North-bound Latitude: 51.021256 * East-bound Longitude: 11.033337
Date/Time Start: 2022-09-14T08:05:56 * Date/Time End: 2023-06-01T15:41:13
Event(s):
2022_Erfurt_ERT02 (ERT02) * Latitude Start: 51.021233 * Longitude Start: 11.031804 * Latitude End: 51.020804 * Longitude End: 11.031689 * Date/Time Start: 2022-09-14T09:21:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-09-14T10:11:00 * Location: Erfurt, Thuringia, Eastern Germany * Method/Device: RESECS multi-electrode
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
28 data points
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