Dataset "Elite Burials of the Late Urnfield Period (Ha B3)", Version 2.0

These files contain the dataset used for analysis in Deicke 2021 (Version 1.0, German) und Deicke submitted (Version 2.0, English).

• nodesE19.csv: List of graves and their attributes, including features (as in E25 human-made features) and the deposition of animal bones
• nodesE22.csv: List of grave good and their attributes
• queries.txt: Cypher-queries to import the data into a Neo4j-graph database
• translation.csv: Concordance of German descriptors (Version 1) and their English translations (Version 2) for categories to which grave goods were assigned

nodesE19.csv

This file contains information on the individual graves which are modelled as instances of class E19 Physical Object of the CIDOC CRM.

Variable descriptions

• id: Unique id of grave
• name: Name of the grave, administrative units (mostly level 3 NUTS), and further denominations (e.g., plots)
• country: Country where the grave is located
• shortName: Label for network analysis, derived from "name"
• dateOfDiscovery: Date when the grave was first discovered and/or excavated
• poorPreservation: Binary attribute (1, 0). Some graves are so poorly preserved that they had to be excluded from certain analyses; this attribute assigns the respective status.

• tumulus
• circularDitch
• graveGarden
• stones
• stoneCircle
• architectureInternal
• animalBones

nodesE22.csv

This file contains information on the objects contained as grave goods in the E19-graves which are modelled as instances of class E22 Human-Made Object of the CIDOC CRM, their attributes, and their relations.

Variable descriptions

• E19_id: Unique id of the grave which contained the object
• E22_id: Unique id of the object
• feature: Category assigned to the object (e.g., sword)
• featureComposite: For some of the network analyses, composite categories were used (i.e., belt component)
• material: Material or materials from which the object was made
• description: Short description in German, derived from the original documentation, as a reference for categorization

queries.txt

To execute the queries, first the files nodesE19.csv and nodesE22.csv need to be copied into the import folder of the database. All queries refer to version 5.12.0 of Neo4j.

 

translation.csv

This file contains a reference of the original German names of feature categories (Version 1) and their English counterparts (Version 2).

References

Bekiari, C., Bruseker, G., Canning, E., Doerr, M., Michon, P., Christian-Emil, O., Stephen, S., & Velios, A. (2022). Volume A: Definition of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model. Version 7.1.2. ICOM/CIDOC Documentation Standards Group/CRM Special Interest Group.