Warburg-Rimbeck gallery grave

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Floor plans of gallery graves from the Warburg necropolis. Type C shows the Warburg-Rimbeck gallery grave with a short, lateral access consisting of two supporting stones in front of the soul hole

The gallery grave of Warburg-Rimbeck lies within the earthworks of Rimbeck near Rimbeck in the Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia and is one of the Hessian-Westphalian galleries. The 12 m long and 2 m wide gallery grave is embedded in the ground. 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.

The gallery grave, sunk into the ground and overgrown, was used as a collective burial place.

While the sandstone bearing stones have largely been preserved, no cap stones have been found. Processing marks on the upper edges of the bearing stones indicate that they have been removed. The lateral supporting stones in the middle of the chamber are higher than at both ends, which is one of the rare observations that are probably related to the lateral approach (otherwise axial). In the middle of the northern long side of the facility is the entrance, the so-called soul hole . The two-part soul hole, about 0.5 m in diameter, was picked out of two sandstone slabs. The traces of processing can still be seen on the inside. Immediately in front of the soul hole is the short, lateral corridor consisting of two supporting stones.

During excavations between 1906 and 1907 by Alfred Götze (1865–1948), skeletons and tools made from animal bones, pierced animal teeth that might have served as jewelry and ceramic remains were found.

literature

  • Renate Wiechers-Weidner: Great stone graves in Westphalia . Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Landesbildstelle Westfalen, 1985, pp. 18-20
  • Christian Leiber : Studies on the prehistory and early history of the Upper Weser area. Rahden / Westfalen, 2004, pp. 35–40 ISBN 3-89646-929-0

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009, p. 15
  2. ^ Waldtraut Schrickel: The finds from the Wartberg in Hesse. Kassel contributions to prehistory and early history. Volume 1. Elvert, Marburg 1969.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 5.8 "  N , 9 ° 3 ′ 46.3"  E