Originally published as: Kaiser, K., Keller, N., Brande, A., Dalitz, S., Hensel, N., Heußner, K.-U., Kappler, C., Michas, U., Müller, J., Schwalbe, G., Weiße, R., Bens, O. (2018): A large-scale medieval dam-lake cascade in central Europe: Water level dynamics of the Havel River, Berlin-Brandenburg region, Germany. - Geoarchaeology, 33, 2, pp. 237—259. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21649 A large-scale medieval dam-lake cascade in central Europe: water level dynamics of river Havel, Berlin-Brandenburg region, Germany Knut Kaiser,1,* Nora Keller, 2 Arthur Brande,3 Stefan Dalitz,4 Nicola Hensel,5 Karl-Uwe Heußner, 6 Christoph Kappler,1,7 Uwe Michas,8 Joachim Müller,4 Grit Schwalbe,1 Roland Weiße,9 and Oliver Bens1 1GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany 2Department of Geography, University of Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 10, D-35032 Marburg, Germany 3Department of Ecology, Ecosystem Science and Plant Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Rothenburgstraße 12, D-12165 Berlin, Germany 4Heritage Conservation, Municipal Office Brandenburg/Havel, Klosterstraße 14, D-14770 Brandenburg/H., Germany 5Archäologie Manufaktur GmbH, Friedrich-Rumpf-Straße 15, D-14641 Wustermark, Germany 6German Archaeological Institute (DAI), Im Dol 2-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany 7Chair of Soil Protection and Recultivation, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Postbox 101344, D-03013 Cottbus, Germany 8Berlin Monument Authority, Klosterstraße 47, D-10179 Berlin, Germany 9Auf dem Kiewitt 27/41, D-14471 Potsdam, Germany *Corresponding author (Email:
[email protected]) ABSTRACT An interdisciplinary study was carried out to trace the hydrological changes of the river Havel in northeastern central Europe over the course of the last c.