T. Sprafke, P. Schulte, S. Meyer-Heintze et al. Quaternary Science Reviews 248 (2020) 106602 in the excavation basement is 2.4 m thick and encompasses the section from GH 28/80 down to the bedrock (GH 39/90) (Figs. 2F and 4). New MS **data** from sampling positions close to our three profiles were published by Groza et al. (2019) and are similar to **data** from North profile 2005e6 . This indicates that the 7.2 m thick composite KW2015 is representative for the entire Krems-Wachtberg excavation. Before sampling, the three profiles were thoroughly cleaned and documented following FAO (2006). Detailed field descriptions are refined by colorimetric (Fig. 5) and granulometric (Fig. 6) **data** measured on samples taken continuously in 2.5 cm resolution (continuous column sampling [CCS] after Antoine et al., 2009). All 312 samples (positions in Fig. 4) were air dried, sieved to fine earth size (<2 mm) and homogenized for further analyses.