Dolmen Dabel 2

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Great stone grave Dabel 2
Dolmen Dabel 2 (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
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Coordinates 53 ° 39 '51.7 "  N , 11 ° 55' 10"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 39 '51.7 "  N , 11 ° 55' 10"  E
region Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany
Sprockhoff no. 338

The Dolmen Dabel 2 is a Neolithic megalithic complex of the extended dolmen type with the Sprockhoff no. 338. It originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a plant of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). “Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development ”.

Dabel 2 is located east of Dabel , near Sternberg in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district , in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . At the northeast end of the Dabeler See , between the railway line and the federal highway 192 (Schäferstein), there is the large stone grave Dabel 2. About 70 m further, on the other side of the railway tracks, is the heavily damaged facility Dabel 1.

description

The north-south oriented system was in the round rolling stone hill . In this enlarged dolmen , the largely free-standing bearing stones were pushed apart by the single, therefore very large capstone that sank into the chamber. The chamber is about 3.0 m long and 1.5 m wide. The board consists of pebbles , annealed flint and clay screed . In the south was the entrance that was not preserved. The facility was excavated by Gudrun Sommer in 1966. The archaeological investigation showed that the facility was used by the bearers of the individual grave culture . No remains of the primary burials were found. In addition to five other fragments were found four blades , two axes with pinched neck, two gouge and a Schlagstein .

See also

literature

  • Ewald Schuldt : "The Mecklenburg Megalithic Tombs" Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaft, Berlin 1972
  • Gudrun Sommer: The Dabel dolmen, Sternberg district. In: Ground monument maintenance in Mecklenburg. Yearbook 1967. 1969, pp. 105-111.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 11.

Individual evidence

  1. J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15

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