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A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF MEGALITHIC TOMBS

LIST OF FIGURES
By

Maximilian O. Baldia

1993-April 25, 2006©
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LIST OF FIGURES

 
Figure                                                                                   Page
 
  1.1    Location of the research area                                                      2
 
  1.2    Calibrated C14 dates of regional TRB Groups                                         3
 
  1.3    Regional and chronological TRB groups                                              4
 
  2.1    Two passage-graves connected by a menhir alignment, Hekese, Kr.  Bersenbrück      16
 
  2.2    The Lübbensteine B, Helmstedt 815                                                 17
 
  2.3    Chamber partitions and human interments, Onskulle, (Odensgrav, Skärv 81)          21
 
  2.4    The Count von Münster's TRB Tiefstich pottery from his 1807 to 1830 collection    23
 
  2.5    Long-mound with probable passage-grave, Riestedt, Kr. Uelzen by von Estorf (1846) 24
 
  2.6    Pen and wash plan drawing by Lukis of D12 (1878)                                  27
 
  2.7    Altmark tombs drawn from photographs as published by Krause and Schoetensack 
         in 1893                                                                           30
 
  2.8    Altmark tomb plans published by Krause and Schoetensack in 1893                   32
 
  2.9    Dolmen distribution by Sprockhoff (1938)                                          34
 
2.10    Site locations of Alttiefstichtonware and southern boundary of 
                thin-butted  flint axes by Dehnke (1940)                                   37
 
2.11    Haaßel1 by Dehnke (1940)                                                           38
 
2.12    Ceramics  from Haaßel1 by Dehnke (1940)                                            39
 
2.13    Artifacts of Dehnke's 1940 Tiefstichkeramik GroupII                                40
 
2.14    Two long-mounds with passage-graves GroßeSteine, Kleinenkneten (Dehnke 1940)       41
 
2.15    The passage-grave or polygonal dolmen of Grønhøj, Horsens by Thorvildsen 1946      45
 
2.16    Early Neolithic TRB ceramics and axes                                              46
 
2.17    Early and Middle Neolithic TRB related ceramics                                    47
 
2.18    KAK pottery                                                                        49
 
2.19    Location of rectilinear and polygonal dolmen by Aner (1963)                        50
 
2.20    Neolithic "settlement areas" in Mecklenburg as defined by Schuldt (1972)           52
 
2.21    Calibrated C14 chronology of the TRB by region (Midgley 1992)                       56
 
2.22    Neolithic C14 chronology of northwestern Europe (Louwe Kooijmans 1976)              59
 
2.23    Relative chronology based on C14 dates of the West and North Group (Bakker 1979)    60
 
2.24    C14 dates from Fuchsberg and TRB West Group by pottery horizons (Brindley 1986)     60
 
2.25    Relative chronology based on C14 dates of the West and North Group (Hogestijn 1990) 61
 
2.26    Correlation of the TRB's Central German and Scandinavian chronology by Preuß (1980)63
 
2.27    Cultural phases and megalithic architecture in Central and eastern Germany         63
 
2.28    Correlation of relative chronological of Neolithic cultures from  the Czech 
         perspective                                                                        64
 
2.29    Comparison of TRB Eastern Group chronologies by Jankowska and Wis'lan'ski in 1991   65
 
2.30    TRB chronology of southeastern Poland by Kruk and Milisauskas (1981)                66
 
2.31    C14 dates and cultural phases of the Cimbrian Peninsula by Schwabedissen in 1979    67
 
2.32    Chronological evolution of West Group passage-graves from Netherland (Bakker 1981)  68
 
2.33    Development of the West Group ceramic typology                                      69
 
2.34    Correlation of chronological phases for the West, Altmark and North Group           70
 
  3.1    Early TRB sites in relation to Late Mesolithic, Early Neolithic Danubian LBK, 
         and  Post-Danubian LBK cultures                                                    75
 
  3.2    LBK location                                                                       76
 
  3.3    Stichbandkeramik location                                                          79
 
  3.4    Location  of  the Rössen  culture                                                  81
 
  3.5    Michelsberg culture location                                                       84
 
  3.6    Evolution of the Early TRB                                                         86
 
  4.1    The 50ha TRB hilltop village of Bronocice, Poland and surrounding settlements      93
 
  4.2    The EN copper hoard of Bygholm, near Horsens, EastJutland                          96
 
  4.3    Distribution of copper flat axes by weight class                                   98
 
  5.1    Idealized megalithic tomb distribution                                             107  
 
  5.2    Maximum distances to coast from the center of Europe                               108
 
  5.3    Evolution of French tombs and ceramics                                             110
 
  5.4    Megalithic-like reconstructed chamber at the Langer Stein menhir 
                by  Einselthum, Kr. Kirchheimbolanden                                       114
 
  6.1    Reconstructed wooden chambers, Granstedt, Lower Saxony                             129
 
  6.2    Histogram  of 116 TRB tombs and graves containing EN ceramics                      130
 
  6.3    Distribution of earthen long-barrows with earth-graves and timber structures       131
 
  6.4    Wood and fieldstone burial chamber, Konens Høj                                     133
 
  6.5    Long-mound of Lindebjerg, Langeland                                                134
 
  7.1    Typology and chronology of Lower Saxony                                            137
 
  7.2    German gallerygrave typology                                                       138
 
  8.1    Frequency histogram of closed and open dolmen in long-mounds with EN flasks        143
 
  8.2    Primeval-dolmen at Hjortgårde (A. P. Madsen 1868No. 9)                             145
 
  8.3    Double dolmen in long-mound, BogøBy/Bogö, Mønboh., Præstö a. 
         (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 64)                                                         146
 
  8.4    Multiple urdolmen with linear axial orientation at Phanefjord 
         (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 62)                                                         149
 
  8.5    Rectangular urdolmen in trapezoidal megalithic enclosure, 
         Årstad 93/88, Sweden                                                               151
 
  8.6    Northern-most trapezoidal/rectangular urdolmen in possible long-mound  at  
         Skee 5, Sweden                                                                     151
 
  8.7    Comparison of slab-like capstone of Swedish square-dolmen and 
         Danish dolmen with erratic  capstone                                               152
 
  8.8    Urdolmen with top-entrance in tumulus (A40/B38) at 
         Barendorf, Forst Everstrof                                                        154
 
  8.9    Evolution from parallel top-entrancedolmen to multiside-stone 
         extended-dolmen with short passage in Mecklenburg                                  155
 
8.10    Architectural details of Tomb A44/B41 Barendorf, Forst Everstorf                    157
 
8.11    Transitional urdolmen with half-height end-stone, Vester Åby 
        (A. P. Madsen 1896 No.  10)                                                         158
 
8.12    Parallel and perpendicular dolmen at HorserødHegen 
        (A. P. Madsen  1868 No. 17)                                                         159
 
8.13    Multiple parallel and perpendicular dolmen at Tokkekjøb Hegn 
        (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 13)                                                          161
 
8.14    Square-dolmen with passage in circular enclosure, Röra 46/39b, Sweden               162
 
8.15    Model of dolmen evolution and associated funeral pottery                            162
 
8.16    Perpendicular extended-dolmen with axial capstone of Veinge 96/64, Sweden           164
 
8.17    Below ground extended-dolmen of Ratekau LA200, Kr. Ostholstein                      165
 
8.18    Similarity of prototypical extended-dolmen with perpendicular capstone 
                and polygonal dolmen (A. P. Madsen 1900 No. 4, 6)                           165
 
8.19    Polygonal-dolmen at Hjortgårde (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 4)                            168
 
8.20    Polygonal-dolmen in long-mound, Hyllinge (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 25)                 168
 
8.21    Five sided polygonaldolmen in circular enclosure, Brutkamp,  Albersdorf 150         169
 
8.22    Multipleside and capstone dolmen at Hjadstrup (A. P. Madsen 1896 No. 2 and 5)       170
 
8.23    Grand-dolmen with elaborate entrance structure at Lancken-Granitz, Rügen            171
 
8.24    Grand-dolmen with antechamber and passage, Kruckow A774/B85                         172
 
8.25    Rectangular mound containing a six-sided polygonal-dolmen 
                and an apparentgrand-dolmen, Rothensande 63                                 173 
 
8.26    Transitional polygonal-dolmen or passage-grave at Flintinge (Madsen  1868 No. 72)   174
 
8.27    Two polygonal-dolmen in one long-mound at Kirkelte Hegn (Madsen 1868:6 No. 14)      175
 
9.1     Perpendicular dolmen (A42/B39) from Barendorf with front-entrance                   178
 
9.2     Architectural details of Tomb A35/B35 Barendorf, Forst  Everstorf                   179
 
9.3     Reconstruction of Kong Svends Høj, Lolland with top entrance to the blocked passage 181
 
9.4     Bokenäs42/43 passage-grave with bolder hiding the passage                           182
 
9.5     Urdolmen with walkway or entrance shaft and steps Ovsted Sb.16, Voer  h.,  Jutland  183
 
9.6     Urdolmen A18/B48 with angled passage and built up side-stone, Neu-Gaarz             184
 
9.7     Extended/urdolmen with corner-passage in cairn, Mechelsdorf A12/B51                 185
 
9.8     The grand-dolmen/passage-grave with corner-passage of Twietfort, Kr. Lübz           186
 
9.9     The grand-dolmen/passage-grave with added corner-passage of SulkendrupMølle, Fyn    187
 
9.10    Dolmen, proto- and primeval passage-graves in long-mound, Humble 
                (A. P. Madsen 1896 No. 20)                                                  188
 
9.11    Evolution  from  extended-dolmen with  corner-entrance to  
        Holstein-type passage-grave,  Ostenfeld 157, Schleswig-Holstein  188
 
9.12    Four-yoke grand-dolmen Kruckow A774/B85, Kr. Demmin, Mecklenburg                    189
 
9.13    Nipmerow, the sole passage-grave on Rügen                                           190
 
9.14    Two capstone transitional polygonal-dolmen/passage-grave and three-capstone 
                passage-grave in one tumulus at Troldegårdene (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 2)     193
 
9.15    Extended-dolmen with one perpendicular capstone and long passage, 
                Nysted, Lolland  (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 81)      194
 
9.16    Proportion of Rosenberg's 1929 passage-graves with entrancestone-frames             195
 
9.17    Rosenberg's passage-graves vs. the number of entrancestone-frames                   196
 
9.18    Number of entrancestone-frames by region                                            196
 
9.19    Regional differences in the number of entrancestone-frames                          197
 
9.20    Trajectories of passage-graves and entrancestone-frames for each region             198
 
 10.1   Danish primeval passage-graves  200
 
 10.2   Swedish one-capstone passage graves                                                 201
 
 10.3   Passage-grave Güby73, Kr. Rendsburg-Eckernförde 202
 
 10.4   Two-capstone passage-grave, Jardhøj, Katbjerg,  Randers a. (A.P. Madsen 1896 No. 28)204
 
 10.5   Two capstone passage-grave, Valby Hegn, Sjælland (A.P. Madsen 1868 No. 16)          205
 
 10.6   Two-capstone passage-grave OverJersdal, Vested Sb.12 with MNIb pottery              205
 
 10.7   Profile of passage-grave in tumulus with stacked side-stones and passage, Mejls     206
 
 10.8   Two-yoke primeval passage-grave Visbek176 with corner-entrance                      207
 
 10.9   Density histogram of chamber area for two-capstone passage-graves                   210
 
10.10   The relationship of length width in twocapstone passage-graves                      210
 
10.11   Three-capstone passage-grave Denghoog, Wenningstedt4, Sylt                          212
 
10.12   Passage-grave with 3+4 side-stones, Hagebrogård                                     213
 
10.13   Three-capstone passage-grave with 4+4 side-stones, Liepen A112/B19, Mecklenburg     217
 
10.14   The  internal construction of Liepen A112/B19, Mecklenburg                          219
 
10.15   Five-yokepassage-grave Naschendorf A46/B44, Everstorfer Forst, Mecklenburg          221
 
10.16   Borucin, (Radziejów), Szczytno, (Wl/ocl/awek), and  Zdrojówka, (Kolo)               222
 
10.17   Six-capstone passage-grave Frejlev Skov 2                                           224
 
10.18   Largest  Scandinavian passage-grave Karleby58, Sweden                               226
 
  11.1   Primeval passage-grave with side-chamber, Gundestrup (A. P. Madsen 1896 No. 20)    229
 
  11.2   Primeval passage-grave  with side/end-chamber, Fjelsø, Rindsh. Viborga             229
 
  11.3   Passage-grave with end-chamber, Ormehøj, Katbjerg (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 27)       230
 
  11.4   Passage-grave with end-chamber at Kornerup (A. P. Madsen  1868:9 No. 20)           231
 
  11.5   Passage-grave with end-chamber in tumulus at Knutenlund (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 75) 232
 
  11.6   Passage-grave with end-chamber threshold at Ullerup (A. P. Madsen 1896 No. 23)     233
 
  11.7   Symmetrical passage-grave with end-chamber at Suldrup (A.P. Madsen 1896 No. 24)    234
 
  11.8   Passage-grave with two end-chambers, Hvissehøj                                     235
 
  11.9   Two nearly joined passage-graves at Kjærby  (A. P. Madsen  1868 No. 30)            235
 
11.10   Three nearly joined passage-graves, Bregentved, Osted (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 24)    236
 
11.11   Tannenhausen817,  Aurich          237
 
11.12   Missing link in the evolution to double passage-graves, Rørby Sb.12, Gl. Holbæk a.  238
 
11.13   Doublepassage-graves, Ormshøj, Årby (A. P. Madsen  1868 No. 31)                     238
 
11.14   Doublepassage-graves, separate passage-grave and unidentified chamber in 
                long (?) mound, Vierslev/Værslev Sb.10 (A. P. Madsen 1868:17 No. 28)        239
 
11.15   Doublepassage-grave,  Troldhøj,  Stenstrup                                          240
 
11.16   Triplepassage-graves, Udby/Ubby (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 29)                          241
 
11.17   Dual-passagechamber, Bistrup (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 41)                             242
 
11.18   Dual-passagechamber with separate end-chambers, Gundestrup (Madsen 1896 No.  21)    243
 
11.19   Single-chamberdual-passage-grave, Røddinge (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 59)               245
 
11.20   Single-chamberdual-passage-grave, SneslevSb.1, Gl.Sorø a. (Madsen 1868 No. 39)      246
 
12.1    The  protogallery-grave  Stein, Limburg, Netherland                                 248
 
12.2    Walternienburg chamber, Nordhausen                                                  249
 
12.3    Historic plans of Muschenheim                                                       250
 
12.4    Modern plan of Muschenheim                                                          251
 
12.5    Location of the southern-most Hessian megalithic structure                          252
 
12.6    Cups from the Muschenheim tomb                                                      253
 
12.7    Porthole cist and pottery, Schankweiler,  Kr. Bitburg                               254
 
12.8    Box  graph of 19 C14 dates from German gallery- and masonry-graves                  255
 
12.9    Traditional classification of gallery-graves and site distribution      257
 
12.10   Rock-cut gallery-grave of Sorsum/Halsberg       258
 
12.11   TRB pottery and other artifacts from the rock-cut gallery-grave of Sorsum/Halsberg      258
 
12.12   Sorsum's rock cut sidewall with beam socket     259
 
12.13   Model of gallery-graves evolution in Hesse      261
 
12.14   Primevalgallery-grave with Salzmünde stonecists in a tumulus, Schortewitz, Kr. Köthen   262
 
12.15   Artifacts from the gallery-grave of Heyersum    263
 
12.16   Pottery from the gallery-grave of Rohden        265
 
12.17   Comparison of Troldebjerg cup from Tinnum with cup from the gallery-grave of Lohra      266
 
12.18   Pottery from Lohra and Altendorf        267
 
12.19   Artifacts from Lohra    268
 
12.20   The extended gallery grave of Calden    270
 
12.21   Excavation plan and reconstruction of the grandgallery-grave from Bredelem      273
 
12.22   Pot with rim perforations and small handles, Altendorf  274
 
12.23   Züschen/Lohne gallery-grave plan        275
 
12.24   The 1898 drawing of the Züschen end-stone by Boehlau and v.Gilsa        276
 
12.25   The 1898 drawing of Züschen side-stone A1       276
 
12.26   The 1898 drawing of Züschen side-stone B1       277
 
12.27   The 1898 drawing of Züschen side-stone B2       278
 
 
12.28   The 1898 drawing of Züschen side-stone B3       279
 
12.29   The 1898 drawing of Züschen side-stone A5       279
 
13.1    The  complex,  watertight seal of  the  Jordehøj, Møn passage-grave 281
 
13.2    Complex four-layer stratigraphy, KongSvendsHøj,  Lolland 282
 
13.3    Tomb evolution at BygholmNørremark      283
 
13.4    Urdolmen with ENC pottery by mound shape        286
 
13.5    "Unchambered" long-mound with Early Neolithic C pottery, Stralendorf    294
 
13.6    Polish long-barrows with chamber-like non-megalithic structures and 
                burials located in the proximal end, Sarnowo 8 and Gaj  295
 
13.7    One of the eastern-most "chamberless" trapezoidal long-mounds at 
                Mil/ocin-Kolonia, Lublin, Poland        296
 
13.8    Mound and enclosure with guardians      297
 
13.9    Rhomboidal enclosure with parallel urdolmen/extended-dolmen, Gunderup, Ribe a.  299
 
13.10   The length to width relationship of transitional Dutch enclosures       300
 
13.11   The length to width relationship of round, oval and transitional Dutch-type enclosures  301
 
13.12   Ovalkidney-shaped passage-grave enclosure, D15  302
 
13.13   Egg-shaped passage-grave enclosure, Sögel 831   302
 
13.14   Egg-shaped passage-grave enclosure, D49 303
 
13.15   Transitional passage-grave enclosure of Großenkneten 934        304
 
13.16   Side-joints in the complex mound of Katterø, Diernisse s. (A. P. Madsen 1896 No. 13)    305
 
13.17   Long-mound(s)  with  multiple joined enclosures  
                or  mound  divisions, Prierskovgård (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 79)    306
 
13.18   Long-mound with two axial dolmen and 
                rectilinear secondaryenclosure, Leerbjerg (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 27)    307
 
13.19   Trapezoidal long-mound with two(?) perpendicular dolmen and 
                circular secondary enclosure, Gundsømagle (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 25)    308
 
13.20   Trapezoidal long-mound with possible axial dolmen in 
                circular secondaryenclosure, Frejlev (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 80) 309
 
13.21   Rectangularlong-mound with parallel dolmen and 
                two rectilinear secondaryenclosures, Bavelse (A. P. Madsen 1868 No. 55) 309
 
13.22   Double enclosures of S'wierczynek 1 and 2, Niezawa, Poland      310
 
13.23   Double enclosures of Thuine 874, Kr. Lingen,  Osnabrück  311
 
 14.1   Odd shaped mounds and enclosures        312
 
 14.2   Length and width relationship of 591 enclosures         314
 
 14.3   Box and whiskers graph of the length of 666 enclosures by chamber type  315
 
14.4    Box and whiskers graph of enclosure width by chamber type       316
 
14.5    Box and whiskers graph of enclosure area by chamber type        316 
 
14.6    Length width relationship of rectangular enclosures with urdolmen       317
 
14.7    Box and whiskers graph of the length of rectangular enclosures by chamber type  319
 
14.8    Box and whiskers graph of the width of rectangular enclosures by chamber type   319
 
14.9    Box and whiskers graph of the length of trapezoidal enclosures by chamber type  320
 
14.10   Box and whiskers graph of the width of trapezoidal enclosures by chamber type   320
 
14.11   Length  and  width relationship of urdolmen       321
 
14.12   Box and whiskers graph of all chamber lengths by chamber type   322
 
14.13   Box and whiskers graph of chamber width by chamber type         324
 
14.14   Box and whiskers graph of chamber area by chamber type  324
 
14.15   Box and whiskers graph of chamber volume by chamber type        325
 
14.16   Length and width of all chamber types   326
 
15.1    Entrance orientation density distribution for 786 chambers in degrees   336
 
15.2    Chamber orientation     336
 
15.3    Enclosure orientation   338
 
15.4    Neolithic coast lines of Denmark and northern Schleswig-Holstein at ca. 4000 B.C.       341
 
15.5    Sea route between southern Sweden, Bornholm and Poland as indicated by EN pottery       342
 
16.1    Traditional Thiessen analysts of 4089 tombs     350
 
16.2    Location of all tombs for which coordinates could be established        353
 
16.3    Spatial analysis of tomb density based on 4712 sites    354
 
16.4    Rectangularmound location and tomb density      355
 
16.5    Spatial analysis of rectangularmound area       357
 
16.6    Trapezoidalmound location and tomb density       358
 
16.7    Spatial analysis of trapezoidalmound area       359
 
16.8    Round and oval mound location and tomb density  360
 
16.9    Dutch-typemound location and tomb density       362
 
16.10   Spatial  analysis  of urdolmen  location  by  chamber area   364
 
16.11   Spatial analysis of polygonal-dolmen location by chamber area   366
 
16.12   Spatial analysis of extended-dolmen location by chamber area    367
 
16.13   Spatial analysis of grand-dolmen location by chamber area        368
 
 
16.14   Spatial analysis of passage-graves location by chamber area     370
 
16.15   Spatial analysis of gallery-grave location by chamber area      371
 
17.1    Chacoan long-distance road network      374
 
17.2    The oldest European wagon depiction from Bronocice, Poland      375
 
17.3    Pottery with possible four wheeled wagon symbols        377
 
17.4    Comparison  of C'mielów pottery design with a draft pole for a single axle 
                vehicle from an Uzbek petroglyph and zoomorphic design from Tarkowa     380
 
17.5    BourtangerMoor with prehistoric trackways       385
 
17.6    Tracks from the Neolithic (3500B.C.) to the IronAge in the GroßeMoor 
                on the DümmerLake       386
 
17.7    Barrowroads of Jutland mapped by S.Müller 1904  387
 
17.8    Matheassen's 1948 barrow-road plan      388
 
17.9    Tomb distribution on the Hümmling with superimposed hypothetical road network   390
 
17.10   The EpeBarrowRoad and intersections     391
 
17.11   Prehistoric road network in Netherland  392
 
17.12   Megalithic tombs and probable roads on both sides of the OldenburgGraben        393
 
17.13   Antique rendering of the Putlos tomb alignment of long-mounds 257-263   394
 
17.14   The 1825 AntiquarianMap of Bornhöved with superimposed model of roads   395
 
17.15   Model of roads at Bornhöved     396
 
17.16   Model of roads at Schmalensee   398
 
17.17   Model of roads at Tarbek        398
 
17.18   ENC village Sachsenwaldau and Sachsenwald tomb alignments       399
 
17.19   ENC village of Sachsenwaldau, Kr. Lauenburg with model of adjacent roadnetwork  400
 
17.20   Prehistoric  tomb  alignments,  Flintbek,  Kr.    Rendsburg-Eckernförde       401
 
17.21   Multiphase ENC Long-mound LA3 with wagon tracks, Flintbek       402
 
17.22   Segment of an EarlyNeolithic megalithic tomb alignment in the northern part of 
                the EvestorferForst near Barendorf, Kr. Grevesmühlen    403
 
17.23   Urdolmen  location  near  probable ford on the SchwingeRiver by Pustow, 
                Kr. Demmin with hypothetical EarlyNeolithic road        404
 
17.24   Sequential construction of extended-dolmen along the hypothetical 
                EarlyNeolithic road on the SchwingeRiver by Pustow, Kr. Demmin  405
 
17.25   Two fords and the hypothetical Neolithic road  network with sequentially 
                constructed grand-dolmen near the SchwingeRiver, Kr. Demmin     405
 
17.26   Excerpt of von Hagenow's 1829 map of 236 megalithic tombs on the island of Rügen        406
 
17.27   Detail of von Hagenow's 1829 Rügen map showing megalithic tombs 
                between Altenzien and Nisteliz, Rügen   407
 
17.28   Tomb alignments and historic roads west of Lake Sellin, Rügen   407
 
17.29   Tomb alignments and historic roads near Binz and Granitz, Rügen         408
 
17.30   Part of the 20-30m wide Neolithic road flanked by four dolmen in long-mounds, 
                Grundoldendorf/Bliedersdorf, Kr.  Stade, LowerSaxony    409
 
17.31   Section of the Haaßel-Niendorf tomb alignment of 36 megalithic tombs    411
 
17.32   Communicationnetwork model based on the distribution of 
                megalithic tombs in Kr. Uelzen  413
 
17.33   Megalithic tomb distribution on the Elbe        415
 
17.34   The probable road and possible tomb construction sequence of the SiebenSteinhäuser      416
 
17.35   Westernmost distribution of grand-dolmen and two-yokePrimeval passage-graves    418
 
17.36   The distribution of all megalithic tombs in  Netherland  419
 
17.37   Model of Neolithic roads in Netherland   420
 
17.38   Model of communication lines for so called earthenlong-barrows of Germany       421
 
17.39   Model of communication lines among the so-called earthenlong-barrows of Pyrzyce 422
 
17.40   Model of communication lines based on long-barrows and other factors    423
 
17.41   Tentative model of road location at Sarnowo     424
 
17.42   Non-megalithic long-mounds at Brvezno, Loundy, Bohemia  425
 
17.43   Model of gallery-grave communication network    429
 
18.1    The Indo-European family tree as envisioned by Schleicher       432
 
18.2    The wave model of Indo-European language change of J.Schmidt    432
 
18.3    The  isogloss "wavemodel" of R. Antilla  433
 
18.4    Petroglyphs of draft animals from  Uzbek 
                supposedly dated to the second and third millennium B.C.        436
 
18.5    Various proposals for the location of the Indo-European homeland since 1960     437
 
18.6    Extent of the KAK       439
 
18.7    Extent  of CordedWare culture and Danubian  complex with 
                superimposed Indo-European languages and Anatolian      439
 
18.8    The oldest accepted locations of German, Baltic, and Celtic