Elite grave

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Reconstruction of the grave house (grave 25) of Zeuzleben from 530 to 540 AD.

Elite grave (also pompous grave ; outdated: princely grave , also aristocratic grave , royal grave , chief grave ) is an archaeological term that describes a burial place that is particularly prominent for different epochs of prehistory and early history - by means of outstanding equipment of grave goods, with above-average effort prepared grave complex.

The term elite grave has replaced the scientifically controversial term princely grave in archeology since the mid-1970s , since the term princely grave for prehistoric and early historical graves makes a scientifically unprovable statement about a social structure. The term is used, for example, for outstanding Germanic graves, but it is also used for burials from other cultures .

annotation

  1. ↑ See among others: Heiko Steuer: Princely graves, noble graves, elite graves - methodical to the anthropology of the state graves . In: Claus Carnap-Bornheim (Ed.): Dominion, Death, Burial: on the prehistoric and prehistoric grand graves as an archaeological-historical source. International conference Kiel 16. – 19. October 2003. Habelt, Bonn 2003, pp. 11-25. Online document from the University of Freiburg, accessed on December 28, 2011 (PDF; 470 kB)

literature

  • Heiko Steuer : Princely graves, aristocratic graves, elite graves - methodical information on the anthropology of the state graves . In: Claus Carnap-Bornheim (Ed.): Dominion, Death, Burial: on the prehistoric and prehistoric grand graves as an archaeological-historical source. International conference Kiel 16. – 19. October 2003. Habelt, Bonn 2003, pp. 11–25, online , accessed on October 9, 2014 (PDF; 470 kB)
  • Torsten Capelle , Otto-Herman Frey , Michael Fee , Heiko Steuer , Henrik Thrane:  Prince's Graves. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 10, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1998, ISBN 3-11-015102-2 , pp. 168-220.