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A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF MEGALITHIC TOMBS

LIST OF TABLES

By

Maximilian O. Baldia

1993-April 25, 2006©
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LIST OF TABLES
 
 
 
 
Table   Page
 
 2.1 Axe and tomb type correlation of Montelius  28
 
 2.2 Comparison of Neolithic chronology and megalithic tombs by Montelius and Becker  40
 
 2.3  Highlights of tomb excavations and catalogs (1900-1949)  42
 
 2.4 The relationship of chamber and mound types in Kr. Stade and Kr. Harburg    44
 
 2.5 Nordic Neolithic relative chronology by Becker in 1959  48
 
 2.6 Highlights of tomb excavations and catalogs (1950-1970's)  51
 
 2.7 Highlights of regional syntheses and tomb excavations (1970's - Present)  55
 
 2.8 Aner's 1969 pioneer statistical analysis of Schleswig-Holstein long-mounds  57 
 
 2.9 Dutch calibrated C14 chronology  62
 
 2.10 Central German Tiefstichkeramik phases and their NorthGroup equivalents   63
 
 4.1 Number of copper finds in Neolithic TRB related cultures of eastern and Central Germany  96
 
 5.1 The number of identifiable chambers by type in Schleswig-Holstein and Poland  121
 
 6.1  Classification of non- and sub-megalithic tombs  125
 
 7.1 Structural typology of megalithic chambers  141
 
 8.1 Structural typology of dolmen  144
 
 8.2 Burials containing flasks with ladder-like bands and fringe-like furrows or grooved ribs 147
 
 8.3 Burials containing flasks with nearly intersecting fringes  148
 
 8.4 Urdolmen with axial capstone and half-height entrance-stone  160
 
 8.5 Dimensions of extended-dolmen with axial capstone  163
 
 8.6 Extended-dolmen with two perpendicular capstones  167
 
 9.1 Chamber types, radiocarbon dates and relative chronology  178
 
 9.2 Passage evolution in extended-dolmen with axial capstone  182
 
 9.3 Transition from dolmen to passage-grave in long-mounds  193
 
 
10.1 Passage-graves with single axial capstone  202
 
10.2 Two-capstonepassage-graves and their dimensions  208
 
10.3 Descriptive statistics of two-capstonepassage-graves  209
 
10.4 Local evolution from primeval- to extendedpassage-graves among 
 the "SiebenSteinhäuser" Oberdorfmark, Kr. Fallingbostel, Hannover   216
 
11.1 Complex Passage-graves classification  228
 
12.1 Classification of gallery graves  260
 
12.2 The grand-dolmen of Zuschau compared to primevalgallery-graves 
 with their dimensions and number of side-stone pairs  266
 
12.3 Extendedgallery-grave dimensions and number of side-stone pairs  270
 
12.4 Age and sex of Calden burials  271
 
12.5 Age and sex from the interred population in the Sorsum rock-cut tomb  273
 
12.6 Age of burials in Altendorf  273
 
13.1 Classifiable chambers without traces of mounds or enclosures  282
 
13.2 The number of traceable TRB mounds  284
 
13.3 Dimensions of Polish long-mounds  284
 
13.4 The number of mounds and their respective forms  287
 
13.5 Classification of enclosures  289
 
13.6 Frequencies of mounds and enclosures in relation to megalithic chambers  290
 
13.7 Distribution of rectangular enclosures by region  291
 
13.8 Megalithic rectilinear enclosures with guardians  297
 
13.9 Tumuli and circularenclosures by chamber type  300
 
14.1 Percent of mounds and enclosures listed by chamber type  313
 
14.2 Summary statistics of enclosure dimensions  314
 
14.3 Summary statistics for urdolmen dimensions  322
 
14.4 Descriptive statistics for all chambers dimensions  326
 
14.5 Chambers over 3m in width  327
 
14.6 Chronological model of megalithic chamber evolution  330
 
15.1 Descriptive statistics of chamber and entrance orientation  334 
 
15.2 Descriptive statistics of enclosure orientations  337 
 
15.3 Villages, tombs and soil types in Kr.  Uelzen  339
 
15.4 Tombs, villages and soil types in the river zone of Kr.  Uelzen  340
 
15.5 Elevation above sea level of tombs in Germany and Poland  340
 
17.1 Selected pottery sherds with wheel symbols  376 
 
17.2 Radiocarbon dates of the earliest wheels  378
 
 
 

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