The landscape of the Late Bronze Age royal tomb of Seddin (NE Germany): linking geomorphology, archaeology, and historic evidence

Figures & data

Figure 1. Photograph of the royal tomb (‘Königsgrab’) of Seddin.

Table 1. Historical, thematic, and topographic maps considered for the production of the Main Map A, chronologically sorted by the year(s) of production/publication (for further information see Supplementary Material).

German map name	Scale	Map type	Map sheet(s)	Year(s) of production	Year(s) of publication	Reference
Schmettausches Kartenwerk	1:50,000	Historic map	Brandenburg-Sektion 36, Pritzwalck	1767–1787	–	LGB (2006a)
Preußische Kartenaufnahme – Uraufnahme –	1:25,000	Historic map	2837 Baek, 2838 Wolfshagen	1825, 1843	1825, 1843	LGB (2006b, 2007)
Königliche Preussische Landes-Aufnahme	1:25,000	Historic topographic map	1390 Baeck, 1391 Gr. Pankow	1879	1881	Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme (1881)
Geognostisch Agronomische Karte	1:25,000	Historic geological and soil map	2837 Bäk	1900–1901	1905	Schulte and Wahnschaffe (1905)
Topographische Karte	1:10,000	Topographic map	0605-422 Seddin, 0605-424 Retzin, 0606-311 Wolfshagen, 0606-313 Groß Pankow	–	1984	Ministerium des Innern, Verwaltung Vermessungs- und Kartenwesen (1984)
Geologische Übersichtskarte des Landes Brandenburg	1:300,000	Geological overview map	–	–	1997	Lippstreu et al. (1997)
Übersichtskarte zum Historischen Ortslexikon	1:200,000	Map of historical places (1900)	–	–	1997	Enders (1997)
Geologische Übersichtskarte	1:200,000	Geological overview map	CC 3134 Wittenberge	–	2003	Nagel et al. (2003)
Bodenübersichtskarte des Landes Brandenburg	1:300,000	Soil overview map	–	–	2012	GeoBasis-DE/LGB (2012)
Topographische Karte	1:10,000	Topographic map	2837-N0 Tangendorf, 2837-SO Retzin, 2838-NW Helle, 2838-SW Groß Pankow	–	2014	LGB (2014)

Table 2. GRASS modules that were used for calculation of the DEM derivates.

Module	Author(s) of module (latest version)	References
r.local.relief	Petras and Goddard	GRASS Development Team (2021a)
r.param.scale	Wood, Potrich, Neteler, and Menegon	GRASS Development Team (2021b)
r.relief	Westervelt and Metz	GRASS Development Team (2021c)
r.viewshed	Toma, Zhuang, Richard, and Metz	GRASS Development Team (2021a)

Figure 2. (A) Simplified profile drawing of core SD-17-6 that was obtained from the bottom of the depression in the north of the forest ‘Wickboldsche Tannen’. (B) Calibration of the radiocarbon sample obtained from SD-17-6; dated material was a bulk sample from the peat. (C) Detail of the depression in the north of the forest ‘Wickboldsche Tannen’ (cf. northern part of Main Map A for location) and location of coring SD-17-6 (the map is projected in UTM Zone 33U (EPSG: 32633) and refers to the horizontal reference system ETRS89/WGS84).

Figure 3. Photograph of a planum showing a part of the excavated stone pit row.

Figure 4. Photograph of an excavated stone pit of the stone pit row.

Figure 5. Panorama picture of the present-day landscape in the surroundings of the royal tomb created from oblique aerial photographs.

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Data availability

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available. All details on source, copyright, and license are provided in the Supplementary Material of this article.