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A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF MEGALITHIC TOMBS
A Dissertation Presented to the Graduate Faculty of
Dedman College
Southern Methodist University
in
Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
Anthropology
by
Maximilian Ottmar
(B.A.,
(M.A. Southern
COPYRIGHT 1993-April 25, 2006
Maximilian Ottmar
All Rights Reserved
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Beginning with encouragement of my research by A. Harwood, B. Luedtke and C.
Nelson,
In rough order of chronology, special thanks for continued support and encouragement go to F.Maier and E.Schubert, Römisch Germanische Kommission, Frankfurt a. M.; I. Scollar, Reinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn; J.Hoika, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Schleswig-Holstein; K. Randsborg, Københavns Universitet; F. Kaul, Nationalmuseet Køpenhavn; J. A. Bakker and the staff of IPP, Universitait van Amsterdam; T.Madsen, Århus Universitet, Inst. for Forhistorisk Arkæologi, Moesgård; K. Narr, WestfälischeWilhelms-Universität, the staff of Westfälisches Landesmuseum, especially W.Finke, Münster; E.Schuldt (deceased), Schwerin; G. Körner, H. Schirnig, NiedersächsischesLandesmuseum Hannover; W. D. Tempel, Rotenburg (Wümme), U. Fischer, Frankfurt; H. Knöll (deceased), Kassel; A. Czarnetzki, Institut für Anthropologie und Humangenetik, Tübingen; A.Medunová-Benesvova, Brno Univ.; F.Laux, Helms Museum, Harburg; A. Weber, currently University of Alberta; L. Kælas, Göteborgs Arkeologisa Museum; M. Strömberg, Arkeologiska Inst. och Historiska Museet, Lund; H. Behrens, formerly Halle; T. Wis'lan'ski (deceased), Poznan'; and A. Häusler, Univ. Inst. für Prähistorische Archäologie, Halle. Nicole Kremers, Walsrode, provided a special, unscheduled opportunity to inspect the Sieben Steinhäuser.
In addition to G. Sampson's long hours of editing, J. A. Bakker and U.
Fisher provided corrections and suggestions based on the original draft of the
dissertation, which was defended
I am grateful for the gracious intellectual support, the freely shared information, and the encouraging advice I have received over the years. Therefore, I wish to express my gratitude to the individuals and institutions without whom this research would have remained merely a dream. I am, of course, entirely responsible for the correctness of the information presented here. I also take full responsibility for the conclusions I have drawn from the megalithic tomb data.
B.A.,
M.A., Southern
A Spatial
Analysis of Megalithic Tombs
Advisor: Professor C.
Doctor of Philosophy conferred December 16, 1995
Dissertation completed
The 500 to 1000 year old history of megalithic
tomb research and the development of archaeology are shown to be intertwined.
The origin, location and orientation of nearly 5000 megalithic tombs are
analyzed. The spatial analysis includes Funnel Beaker megalithic chambers,
tumuli and long-mounds, as well as German gallery-graves. A typology, which
reflects the enormous variability of tomb architecture, is developed and
applied to the spatial and chronological distribution pattern, yielding a
complex model of tomb evolution. The tombs evolved form an autochthonous
ceremonial complex that must reflect the social, economic, and cultural structure
of
DEDICATION
The dissertation is dedicated to Maximilian H. and Keil A.
Please send comments or
questions to Max Baldia.