Elb-Havel Group
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The Elb-Havel Group is an archaeological culture that dates back to around 1300 BC. BC ( Bronze Age ) to around 750 BC BC ( Iron Age ) is dated. The previous culture was the Lüneburg group from 1550 BC. Until 1300/1250 BC The most important subsequent culture is the Jastorf culture from 575/525 BC. BC to 60 BC Chr.
distribution
The Late Bronze Age Elb-Havel group was widespread in today's areas of northeastern Saxony-Anhalt and western Brandenburg . The Saale estuary group in the south and the Lausitz culture in the south-east were adjacent . The metal products of the Elb-Havel Group are borrowed from the north's treasure trove of forms. Their ceramic vessels partly imitate models from the Lausitz culture, such as amphorae and biconical urns . A peculiarity of the Elb-Havel Group is the implementation of the imitated decor, semicircular arcs, for example, were simply adopted as garlands.
funeral
The dead were cremated, their cremation mostly took place in special places on the edge of the grave fields or rarely directly at the grave. The burial took place in shallow and tumulus graves . There were simple or more complex earth pits with built-in stones, paving stones, cover plates and stone packing. The graves usually contained an urn, which apparently all larger everyday vessels could be used for. Bowls, vessel bases, shards or stone slabs were also used as lids. However, vessels as grave goods are rare.
In addition to the urn graves, there are also occasional graves without urn burial, such as fire emptying and fire pit graves , bone stores, skull burials and empty mock graves . Bell graves are a special feature , in which a large vessel was placed over the urn.
There were hardly any additions to the grave; Most of the rare gifts included rings, needles, buttons, razors and tweezers. Few hoard finds, however, show a larger and richer jewelry ensemble.
House building and settlement
The well-researched settlement of Zedau in the district of Stendal gives a representative insight into the settlement system of the Elb-Havel group .
Remarks
- ↑ a b c d See Harald Meller (Hrsg.): Glutgeboren. Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (= booklets accompanying the permanent exhibition in the Landesmuseum Halle . Volume 5). Halle an der Saale 2015, ISBN 978-3-944507-14-9 , pp. 40–44.
literature
- Fritz Horst: Young Bronze Age form circles in the Middle Elb-Havel area . In: Jahresschrift für Central German Prehistory 56. 1972, pp. 97–165.
- Fritz Horst: The Young Bronze Age tribes in the northern part of the GDR . In: Werner Coblenz, Fritz Horst (Hrsg.): Central European Bronze Age. Contributions to archeology and history. 8th conference of the Prehistory and Protohistory Section from April 24th to 26th, 1975 in Dresden . Berlin 1978, pp. 137-194.
- Fritz Horst: Zedau. A Young Bronze and Iron Age settlement in the Altmark . In: Writings on prehistory and early history 38. Berlin 1985.
- Helmut Jäger , Gerhard Mildenberger , Wolfgang P. Schmid , Dieter Timpe : Elbe. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 7, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1989, ISBN 3-11-011445-3 , pp. 94-107. ( Article accessed via GAO at De Gruyter Online)
