Christoph Zielhofer

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ID	222985
NOME	Christoph Zielhofer
PRENOMES	Christoph
SOBRENOME	Zielhofer
ASSINATURA	ZIELHOFER C
AFILIAÇÕES	Leipzig University
ORCID	0000-0001-9551-4466
VERIFICADO	Sim
TOTAL DE OBRAS	24
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES	11
TOTAL COMO AUTOR	24
TOTAL COMO EDITOR	0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2002
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2020
ÍNDICE H	2

Or 793? Charlemagne’s canal project
Open AccessLukas Werther, Jinty Nelson et al.ARTICLEEarly Medieval Europe2020Citada por: 1
In autumn 793, Charlemagne visited the fossatum magnum (the ‘big ditch’ or canal) between the Rhine and Danube. Excavations, dendrochronology and a re‐reading of Carolingian Annals shed new light on the chronology and setting of this canal, which was planned in 792, initiated in 793, and abandoned later that year. The abandonment is attested by both written and archaeological evidence. The different versions of the annals offer a unique opportuni…
The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region
Open AccessMonica Bini, Giovanni Zanchetta et al.ARTICLEClimate of the Past2019
The Mediterranean region and the Levant have returned some of the clearest evidence of a climatically dry period occurring around 4200 years ago. However, some regional evidence is controversial and contradictory, and issues remain regarding timing, progression, and regional articulation of this event. In this paper, we review the evidence from selected proxies (sea-surface temperature, precipitation, and temperature reconstructed from pollen, δ1…
Distribution of Chernozems and Phaeozems in Central Germany during the Neolithic period
Open AccessHans Von Suchodoletz, Christian Tinapp et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2019
Genesis of magnetic anomalies and magnetic properties of archaeological sediments in floodplain wetlands of the Fossa Carolina
Open AccessAndreas Stele, Jorg W E Fassbinder et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Prospection2019Citada por: 2Referências: 5
Floodplain wetlands are complex systems influenced by many natural and anthropogenic operators. Due to the influence of high and varying groundwater table and high organic contents, geophysical prospection in wetland floodplains quickly reaches the limits of its effectiveness. At the Early Medieval canal Fossa Carolina in southwest Germany, a study design employing magnetometry, drillings, sampling, and in situ rock magnetic measurements was used…
Human demography changes in Morocco and environmental imprint during the Holocene
Open AccessRachid Cheddadi, Alessio Palmisano et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2019Citada por: 5Referências: 23
The aim of this work is to reconstruct the periods of growth and decline of human populations in Morocco and their potential impacts on the landscape over the past 10,000 years. In order to estimate the trends in the human population size between 10,000 and 3000 years ago, we used a summed probability distribution (SPD) of radiocarbon dates from a wide range of archaeological sites throughout Morocco. Landscape changes were identified and quantif…
Direct push sensing in wetland (geo)archaeology
Open AccessJörg Hausmann, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018
(Geo)archaeological trenching techniques in floodplain and wetland environments are challenging due to the impact of groundwater inflow and highly unstable trench edges. Alternatively, classical driving core techniques often correspond with the contraction of organic layers and bias in height accuracies. Here, we present the application of direct push sensing techniques for minimal-invasive (geo)archaeological surveys in zones affected by a high …
Loess accumulation in the Tian Shan piedmont
Open AccessKathryn E Fitzsimmons, Tobias Sprafke et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018
Climate forcing and shifts in water management on the Northwest Arabian Peninsula (mid-Holocene Rasif wetlands, Saudi Arabia)
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Kai Wellbrock et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018
Integrated geophysical and (geo)archaeological explorations in wetlands
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Wolfgang Rabbel et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018
A multidisciplinary approach in wetland geoarchaeology
Open AccessAndré Kirchner, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018
Rapid thermokarst evolution during the mid-Holocene in Central Yakutia, Russia
Open AccessMathias Ulrich, Sebastian Wetterich et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2017Referências: 5
The reconstruction of Holocene thermokarst landform evolution is important to understand the potential impact of current global climate change on permafrost regions. A multi-proxy approach was applied to analyse the sedimentological and biogeochemical characteristics as well as pollen and lacustrine microfossils of a core profile drilled in a small pingo within a large Central Yakutian thermokarst basin (alas). Age–depth modelling with macrofossi…
North Atlantic influence on Holocene flooding in the southern Greater Caucasus
Open AccessHans Von Suchodoletz, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2017Citada por: 1Referências: 10
In the context of global climate change, flooding becomes an increasingly serious threat to modern societies, and future flooding can only be understood using long-term geological flood records also encompassing Holocene climate variability. Unlike other regions, Holocene flooding in the Caucasus region is only poorly understood so far: Whereas some rivers originating from the Lesser Caucasus were investigated, no studies exist about rivers origi…
Progress in Quaternary archive studies of the Iberian Peninsula
Open AccessFernando Diaz del Olmo, Dominik Faust et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2016
Charlemagne's Summit Canal
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Eva Leitholdt et al.ARTICLEPLoS ONE2014
The Central European Watershed divides the Rhine-Main catchment and the Danube catchment. In the Early Medieval period, when ships were important means of transportation, Charlemagne decided to link both catchments by the construction of a canal connecting the Schwabian Rezat and the Altmühl rivers. The artificial waterway would provide a continuous inland navigation route from the North Sea to the Black Sea. The shortcut is known as Fossa Caroli…
Terrestrial archives in the Mediterranean
Open AccessDominik Faust, Christoph ZielhoferARTICLEQuaternary International2013
The decline of the early Neolithic population center of 'Ain Ghazal and corresponding earth-surface processes, Jordan Rift Valley
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Lee Clare et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2012
'Ain Ghazal is among the earliest large population centers known in the Middle East. A total of four major stratigraphic cultural units have been identified: 1) The oldest Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (MPPNB) unit (10.2 to 9.5 cal ka BP) clearly corresponds with the early Holocene maximum Dead Sea levels. 2) The second unit consists of Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) in situ walls and hearths. 3) In the subsequent PPNC (8.9 to 8.6 cal ka B…
F ossa C arolina
Open AccessEva Leitholdt, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2012Referências: 1
The C entral E uropean watershed passes through the southern F ranconian J ura in B avaria, G ermany. This principal watershed divides the R hine/ M ain catchment and the D anube catchment. In the early Middle Ages, when ships were an important means of transportation, C harlemagne decided to connect these catchments by the construction of a canal known as the F ossa C arolina . In this paper, we present for the first time 14 C data from the F os…
The Impact of Rapid Climate Change on Prehistoric Societies during the Holocene in the Eastern Mediterranean
Open AccessBernhard Weninger, Lee Clare et al.ARTICLEDocumenta Praehistorica2009
In this paper we explore the impact of Rapid Climate Change (RCC) on prehistoric communities in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Early and Middle Holocene. Our focus is on the social implications of the four major climate cold anomalies that have recently been identified as key time-windows for global RCC (Mayewski et al. 2004). These cooling anomalies are well-dated, with Greenland ice-core resolution, due to synchronicity between warm/cold …
Durations of soil formation and soil development indices in a Holocene Mediterranean floodplain
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, José Manuel Recio Espejo et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2009
Heavy metals as indicators for Holocene sediment provenance in a semi-arid Mediterranean catchment in northern Tunisia
Open AccessKlaus-Martin Moldenhauer, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2008
Late Pleistocene and Holocene alluvial archives in the Southwestern Mediterranean
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Dominik Faust et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2008
The last 15ka of environmental change in Mediterranean regions—Interpreting different archives
Open AccessDominik Faust, Christoph ZielhoferARTICLEQuaternary International2008
Centennial-scale late-Pleistocene to mid-Holocene synthetic profile of the Medjerda Valley, northern Tunisia
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Dominik Faust et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2004Citada por: 2Referências: 8
During the late Pleistocene to mid-Holocene, the Medjerda river system in Mediterranean Tunisia shows events of increased flooding and aggradation of relatively coarse overbank deposits. Geomorphic activity in river systems within this region correlate with aridification of the climate, but not with temperature. The late-Pleistocene to mid-Holocene synthetic profile of the Ghardimaou floodplain (mid-Medjerda river) indicates fluvial activity from…
Sedimentation and soil formation phases in the Ghardimaou Basin (northern Tunisia) during the Holocene
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Dominik Faust et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2002

Human demography changes in Morocco and environmental imprint during the Holocene
Open AccessRachid Cheddadi, Alessio Palmisano et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2019Citada por: 5Referências: 23
The aim of this work is to reconstruct the periods of growth and decline of human populations in Morocco and their potential impacts on the landscape over the past 10,000 years. In order to estimate the trends in the human population size between 10,000 and 3000 years ago, we used a summed probability distribution (SPD) of radiocarbon dates from a wide range of archaeological sites throughout Morocco. Landscape changes were identified and quantif…
Genesis of magnetic anomalies and magnetic properties of archaeological sediments in floodplain wetlands of the Fossa Carolina
Open AccessAndreas Stele, Jorg W E Fassbinder et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Prospection2019Citada por: 2Referências: 5
Floodplain wetlands are complex systems influenced by many natural and anthropogenic operators. Due to the influence of high and varying groundwater table and high organic contents, geophysical prospection in wetland floodplains quickly reaches the limits of its effectiveness. At the Early Medieval canal Fossa Carolina in southwest Germany, a study design employing magnetometry, drillings, sampling, and in situ rock magnetic measurements was used…
Centennial-scale late-Pleistocene to mid-Holocene synthetic profile of the Medjerda Valley, northern Tunisia
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Dominik Faust et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2004Citada por: 2Referências: 8
During the late Pleistocene to mid-Holocene, the Medjerda river system in Mediterranean Tunisia shows events of increased flooding and aggradation of relatively coarse overbank deposits. Geomorphic activity in river systems within this region correlate with aridification of the climate, but not with temperature. The late-Pleistocene to mid-Holocene synthetic profile of the Ghardimaou floodplain (mid-Medjerda river) indicates fluvial activity from…
Or 793? Charlemagne’s canal project
Open AccessLukas Werther, Jinty Nelson et al.ARTICLEEarly Medieval Europe2020Citada por: 1
In autumn 793, Charlemagne visited the fossatum magnum (the ‘big ditch’ or canal) between the Rhine and Danube. Excavations, dendrochronology and a re‐reading of Carolingian Annals shed new light on the chronology and setting of this canal, which was planned in 792, initiated in 793, and abandoned later that year. The abandonment is attested by both written and archaeological evidence. The different versions of the annals offer a unique opportuni…
North Atlantic influence on Holocene flooding in the southern Greater Caucasus
Open AccessHans Von Suchodoletz, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2017Citada por: 1Referências: 10
In the context of global climate change, flooding becomes an increasingly serious threat to modern societies, and future flooding can only be understood using long-term geological flood records also encompassing Holocene climate variability. Unlike other regions, Holocene flooding in the Caucasus region is only poorly understood so far: Whereas some rivers originating from the Lesser Caucasus were investigated, no studies exist about rivers origi…

Sedimentation and soil formation phases in the Ghardimaou Basin (northern Tunisia) during the Holocene
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Dominik Faust et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2002
Centennial-scale late-Pleistocene to mid-Holocene synthetic profile of the Medjerda Valley, northern Tunisia
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Dominik Faust et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2004Citada por: 2Referências: 8
During the late Pleistocene to mid-Holocene, the Medjerda river system in Mediterranean Tunisia shows events of increased flooding and aggradation of relatively coarse overbank deposits. Geomorphic activity in river systems within this region correlate with aridification of the climate, but not with temperature. The late-Pleistocene to mid-Holocene synthetic profile of the Ghardimaou floodplain (mid-Medjerda river) indicates fluvial activity from…
Heavy metals as indicators for Holocene sediment provenance in a semi-arid Mediterranean catchment in northern Tunisia
Open AccessKlaus-Martin Moldenhauer, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2008
Late Pleistocene and Holocene alluvial archives in the Southwestern Mediterranean
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Dominik Faust et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2008
The last 15ka of environmental change in Mediterranean regions—Interpreting different archives
Open AccessDominik Faust, Christoph ZielhoferARTICLEQuaternary International2008
The Impact of Rapid Climate Change on Prehistoric Societies during the Holocene in the Eastern Mediterranean
Open AccessBernhard Weninger, Lee Clare et al.ARTICLEDocumenta Praehistorica2009
In this paper we explore the impact of Rapid Climate Change (RCC) on prehistoric communities in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Early and Middle Holocene. Our focus is on the social implications of the four major climate cold anomalies that have recently been identified as key time-windows for global RCC (Mayewski et al. 2004). These cooling anomalies are well-dated, with Greenland ice-core resolution, due to synchronicity between warm/cold …
Durations of soil formation and soil development indices in a Holocene Mediterranean floodplain
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, José Manuel Recio Espejo et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2009
The decline of the early Neolithic population center of 'Ain Ghazal and corresponding earth-surface processes, Jordan Rift Valley
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Lee Clare et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2012
'Ain Ghazal is among the earliest large population centers known in the Middle East. A total of four major stratigraphic cultural units have been identified: 1) The oldest Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (MPPNB) unit (10.2 to 9.5 cal ka BP) clearly corresponds with the early Holocene maximum Dead Sea levels. 2) The second unit consists of Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) in situ walls and hearths. 3) In the subsequent PPNC (8.9 to 8.6 cal ka B…
F ossa C arolina
Open AccessEva Leitholdt, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2012Referências: 1
The C entral E uropean watershed passes through the southern F ranconian J ura in B avaria, G ermany. This principal watershed divides the R hine/ M ain catchment and the D anube catchment. In the early Middle Ages, when ships were an important means of transportation, C harlemagne decided to connect these catchments by the construction of a canal known as the F ossa C arolina . In this paper, we present for the first time 14 C data from the F os…
Terrestrial archives in the Mediterranean
Open AccessDominik Faust, Christoph ZielhoferARTICLEQuaternary International2013
Charlemagne's Summit Canal
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Eva Leitholdt et al.ARTICLEPLoS ONE2014
The Central European Watershed divides the Rhine-Main catchment and the Danube catchment. In the Early Medieval period, when ships were important means of transportation, Charlemagne decided to link both catchments by the construction of a canal connecting the Schwabian Rezat and the Altmühl rivers. The artificial waterway would provide a continuous inland navigation route from the North Sea to the Black Sea. The shortcut is known as Fossa Caroli…
Progress in Quaternary archive studies of the Iberian Peninsula
Open AccessFernando Diaz del Olmo, Dominik Faust et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2016
Rapid thermokarst evolution during the mid-Holocene in Central Yakutia, Russia
Open AccessMathias Ulrich, Sebastian Wetterich et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2017Referências: 5
The reconstruction of Holocene thermokarst landform evolution is important to understand the potential impact of current global climate change on permafrost regions. A multi-proxy approach was applied to analyse the sedimentological and biogeochemical characteristics as well as pollen and lacustrine microfossils of a core profile drilled in a small pingo within a large Central Yakutian thermokarst basin (alas). Age–depth modelling with macrofossi…
North Atlantic influence on Holocene flooding in the southern Greater Caucasus
Open AccessHans Von Suchodoletz, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2017Citada por: 1Referências: 10
In the context of global climate change, flooding becomes an increasingly serious threat to modern societies, and future flooding can only be understood using long-term geological flood records also encompassing Holocene climate variability. Unlike other regions, Holocene flooding in the Caucasus region is only poorly understood so far: Whereas some rivers originating from the Lesser Caucasus were investigated, no studies exist about rivers origi…
Direct push sensing in wetland (geo)archaeology
Open AccessJörg Hausmann, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018
(Geo)archaeological trenching techniques in floodplain and wetland environments are challenging due to the impact of groundwater inflow and highly unstable trench edges. Alternatively, classical driving core techniques often correspond with the contraction of organic layers and bias in height accuracies. Here, we present the application of direct push sensing techniques for minimal-invasive (geo)archaeological surveys in zones affected by a high …
Loess accumulation in the Tian Shan piedmont
Open AccessKathryn E Fitzsimmons, Tobias Sprafke et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018
Climate forcing and shifts in water management on the Northwest Arabian Peninsula (mid-Holocene Rasif wetlands, Saudi Arabia)
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Kai Wellbrock et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018
Integrated geophysical and (geo)archaeological explorations in wetlands
Open AccessChristoph Zielhofer, Wolfgang Rabbel et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018
A multidisciplinary approach in wetland geoarchaeology
Open AccessAndré Kirchner, Christoph Zielhofer et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018
The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region
Open AccessMonica Bini, Giovanni Zanchetta et al.ARTICLEClimate of the Past2019
The Mediterranean region and the Levant have returned some of the clearest evidence of a climatically dry period occurring around 4200 years ago. However, some regional evidence is controversial and contradictory, and issues remain regarding timing, progression, and regional articulation of this event. In this paper, we review the evidence from selected proxies (sea-surface temperature, precipitation, and temperature reconstructed from pollen, δ1…
Distribution of Chernozems and Phaeozems in Central Germany during the Neolithic period
Open AccessHans Von Suchodoletz, Christian Tinapp et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2019
Genesis of magnetic anomalies and magnetic properties of archaeological sediments in floodplain wetlands of the Fossa Carolina
Open AccessAndreas Stele, Jorg W E Fassbinder et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Prospection2019Citada por: 2Referências: 5
Floodplain wetlands are complex systems influenced by many natural and anthropogenic operators. Due to the influence of high and varying groundwater table and high organic contents, geophysical prospection in wetland floodplains quickly reaches the limits of its effectiveness. At the Early Medieval canal Fossa Carolina in southwest Germany, a study design employing magnetometry, drillings, sampling, and in situ rock magnetic measurements was used…
Human demography changes in Morocco and environmental imprint during the Holocene
Open AccessRachid Cheddadi, Alessio Palmisano et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2019Citada por: 5Referências: 23
The aim of this work is to reconstruct the periods of growth and decline of human populations in Morocco and their potential impacts on the landscape over the past 10,000 years. In order to estimate the trends in the human population size between 10,000 and 3000 years ago, we used a summed probability distribution (SPD) of radiocarbon dates from a wide range of archaeological sites throughout Morocco. Landscape changes were identified and quantif…
Or 793? Charlemagne’s canal project
Open AccessLukas Werther, Jinty Nelson et al.ARTICLEEarly Medieval Europe2020Citada por: 1
In autumn 793, Charlemagne visited the fossatum magnum (the ‘big ditch’ or canal) between the Rhine and Danube. Excavations, dendrochronology and a re‐reading of Carolingian Annals shed new light on the chronology and setting of this canal, which was planned in 792, initiated in 793, and abandoned later that year. The abandonment is attested by both written and archaeological evidence. The different versions of the annals offer a unique opportuni…