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A Spatial Analysis of Megalithic Tombs ©

Abbreviated Key to Databases of
 Long-Mounds (Earthen Long-Barrows), Tumuli, Megalithic Tombs and Graves in North and Central Europe
©

 

By
Maximilian O. Baldia

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The tables were compiled and constitute part of the ca. 5000 Funnel Beaker culture tombs and German gallery-graves analyzed for the 1995 Ph. D. dissertation  at the Anthropology Department, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

No guarantee for accuracy is made. If you find any discrepancies, would like to add new information, have other comments, or would like to quote the contents, please contact Max Baldia.



Chamber

Mound/Enclosure

Other

Author

CI: stone cist

DU: "Dutch type" oval/kidney shaped

/: or

BAK: Baaker

CU: cup-stone (megalithic stone with drill marks, possibly remnant of a megalithic tomb)

LN: long-mound

?: unknown

BAL: Baldia

ED: extended dolmen

MD or MN: mound

+: and

BEI: Beier, H.-J.

GA: gallery-grave

RE: rectangular

MEGT: megalithic tomb

GOL: Gollub

GD: grand-dolmen

SC: stone circle

OV: oval

Gün: Günther

GG: passage-grave

TR: trapezoidal

RD: round

HER:Herrmann

LN : long-mound

TU: tumulus

SQ: square

HOI: Hoika

NC: non-megalithic chamber(s) or grave(s)

 

 

HOL: Hollnagel, A.

PD: polygonal dolmen

 

 

K+S: Krause, E. & O. Schoetensack

SD: square dolmen

 

 

KAP: Kappel

UD: urdolmen

 

 

KEI: Keilig, H.

?D: dolmen of unknown type

 

 

LAM: Lampe, W.

 

 

 

M,R: Reinhard Maier

 

 

 

Men: Menke

 

 

 

MAD: Madsen

 

 

 

MID: Midgley, M.

 

 

 

Nag: Nagel, E.

 

 

 

PRE: Preuß/Preuss, J.

 

 

 

Ren: Rennebach, G.

 

 

 

SIN: Schindler

 

 

 

SLD: Schuldt, E.

 

 

 

SOK: Schoknecht, U.

 

 

 

SPR: Sprockhoff, E.

 

 

 

Sri: Schrickel

 

 

 

SWL: Schwellnus

 

 

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Related Links

 

A Spatial Analysis of Megalithic Tombs:  Bibliography

The Funnel Beaker Culture Chronology

Central and North European Chronology

Tomb C14 Dates

 

 

 

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