Fångstmarksgrav
A Fångstmarksgrav , also called Skogsgrav ( German "Fischgrundgrab" also forest grave) or Insjögrav ( German "Inlandsgrab" ), is a cremation grave marked with stones from the Iron Age (from around 200 BC) in Northern Scandinavia .
Fångstmarksgräber are located above the agriculturally suitable areas of Sweden and Norway , in areas that are favorable for hunting and inland fishing . The term was coined by the Norwegian archaeologist Martin Gollwitzer (born 1955), who brought together the archaeological types previously known as sea and mountain graves.
Inland graves are mainly known from the forest areas in Dalarna , Härjedalen and Jämtland , while mountain graves are mainly found in central mountain areas of Norway. Since the border between Sweden and Norway is a late phenomenon, according to Gollwitzer, the two grave types should be viewed as variations of the same phenomenon and associated with the Südsamen ( Swedish : Sydsamer ).
The oldest fish ground graves consist of triangular or round, often socialized stone circles with burned and crushed human bones. Bones and antlers of wild animals ( elk and reindeer ) were also found in the graves . Later graves are often smaller and contain the bones of domestic cattle instead of wild animals. The last graves in the ground are body graves in which the dead person was sometimes wrapped in birch bark .
literature
- Martin Gollwitzer: Settlement and Economy of the Central Scandinavian Mountain Region during the Iron Age Habelt Bonn 2001