Bargloy stone box
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 53 '19.9 " N , 8 ° 23' 31.1" E | ||
| place | Bargloy , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 1800 - 1600 BC Chr. | ||
The Bargloyer Steinkiste is located north of Bargloy , rural community Wildeshausen in Lower Saxony . The complex made of large stones, which is unusual for north-west Germany and is otherwise common, was originally covered by a mound of earth. However , it is not a large stone grave.
The 2.0 × 1.5 meter stone box in the Wildeshauser Geest dates to the final phase of the Neolithic or the beginning of the Bronze Age , around 1800 - 1600 BC. In contrast to the previous large stone graves, stone boxes were originally intended for individual burials.
The stone box aroused interest early on. The capstone resting on five stones with its 25 cup-shaped bowls is probably connected with religious ideas. As early as 1820, Pastor G. W. A. Oldenburg initiated excavations in order to obtain information about the function of the box. A bronze short sword of the so-called "Sögel type", a bronze bracelet, a bronze needle and nine heart-shaped arrowheads made of flint , which are now kept in the State Museum for Nature and Man, Oldenburg, were able to recover from the mountains . The finds lead to the conclusion that it is a Bronze Age male burial.
See also
- Nordic megalithic architecture
- The complex is on the street of the megalithic culture
- List of stone boxes
literature
- Anette Bußmann : Stone Age witnesses. Travel to the prehistory of northwest Germany. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89995-619-1 , p. 95.
- Mamoun Fansa : Guide to Archaeological Monuments in Germany 31 . Stuttgart 1955, pp. 189-190.
