Linking hydrological anomalies to archaeological evidences – identification of late bronze age pathways at the fortification enclosure iarcuri in western Romania

  • For the environs of the Late Bronze Age fortification enclosure Iarcuri the hydro-morphological relief characteristics are combined with archaeological evidences. Target of the study is to evaluate the impact of settlement activities in the surroundings of Iarcuri on the development of the channel network. Data analysis is based on topographic map-derived and high resolution DEMs provided by LiDAR scanning; derivatives of the DEMs are used to characterize the different sub-catchments that show varying influences by the fortification ramparts. The tributaries reaching the receiving stream close to the central settlement area source close to the gates in the ramparts in the Late Bronze Age built-up areas. Additionally, also the geometry of these tributaries differs from that of other tributaries. The distinct character of the channel network with repeatedly occurring rectangular bends indicates the capture of channels, which developed as gullies along paths by retrogressive erosion.

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Author:Moritz Nykamp, Bernhard S. Heeb, Daniel Knitter, Jan Krause, Rüdiger KrauseORCiDGND, Alexandru Szentmiklosi, Brigitta Schütt
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-532851
DOI:https://doi.org/10.17171/5-4-6
ISSN:2192-2608
Parent Title (English):eTopoi
Publisher:Exzellenzcluster 264 Topoi
Place of publication:Berlin
Contributor(s):Gerd Graßhof, Michael Meyer
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2015
Date of first Publication:2015/12/17
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2020/04/29
Tag:Hollow ways; human impact on drainage network development; landscape archaeology; morpho-hydrological relief characteristics; settlement patterns
Volume:Special Volume 4
Page Number:19
First Page:77
Last Page:93
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HeBIS-PPN:465961592
Institutes:Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften / Kulturwissenschaften
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Sonderforschungsbereiche / Forschungskollegs
Dewey Decimal Classification:9 Geschichte und Geografie / 93 Geschichte des Altertums (bis ca. 499), Archäologie / 930 Geschichte des Altertums bis ca. 499, Archäologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0