Passage graves from Schlutow
The passage graves of Schlutow , a district of the municipality of Finkenthal , are located east of Alt Pannekow near Gnoien in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and are east-west-oriented, excavated and reconstructed passage graves in rectangular barrows with the Sprockhoff numbers in 1968 by Ewald Schuldt . 388 and 398. The plants were built between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as megalithic systems of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). The passage grave is a form of Neolithic megalithic systems, which consists of a chamber and a structurally separated, lateral passage. This form is primarily found in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia, as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands.
Schlutow 1
Location: 53 ° 55 ′ 33.9 ″ N , 12 ° 44 ′ 17.2 ″ E
The heavily overgrown passage grave with the number 388 has an approximately 6.4 m long, 2.3 m wide and 1.3 m high chamber with 4 quarters and a 2.8 m long passage. The plank consists of red sandstone slabs and clay screed . The bearing stones of the chamber have been preserved and are in situ . The western capstone is on top, as is the second from the east, albeit a little tilted. The easternmost capstone has been pushed off. The chamber lies in a barren bed, the northern long side and part of the eastern narrow side have been preserved. The probably trapezoidal megalithic bed is about 18.5 m long and 10.5 to 9.0 m wide.
In addition to charcoal, the finds included 21 broken fragments, 3 blades, 2 daggers and a cross cutter, a hammer and a shoulder vessel.
Schlutow 2
Location: 53 ° 55 ′ 29.6 ″ N , 12 ° 44 ′ 46.8 ″ E
The passage grave with the number 389 has an approximately 5.7 m long, 2.0 m wide and 1.4 m high chamber with 4 quarters . The plank consists of red sandstone slabs and has been red-annealed by firing . Almost all bearing stones or fragments of them have been preserved. The capstones have been dragged away or scattered. The entrance to the chamber is clearly visible on the south side. The giant bed has been removed.
Among the finds were 65 shards, 14 amphorae from the spherical amphora culture (KAK), 9 cross cutters, 4 flat hatchets, 4 double axes made of amber, 3 hammer stones, 3 high pots, 2 spherical bowls, 2 blades, 2 amber beads, a double-edged ax and charcoal.
Schlutow 3
Location: 53 ° 56 ′ 29.5 ″ N , 12 ° 42 ′ 46.1 ″ E
The grave Sprockhoff 390 is destroyed.
Schlutow 4
Location: 53 ° 56 ′ 25.4 ″ N , 12 ° 42 ′ 52.5 ″ E
Sprockhoff 391
See also
literature
- Luise Lorenz: Ceramic lifetimes and the useful life of northeast German megalithic graves. In: Martin Hinz, Johannes Müller (eds.): Settlement, trench works, large stone grave. Studies on the society, economy and environment of the funnel cup groups in northern Central Europe (= early monumentality and social differentiation. Volume 2). Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3774938137 , pp. 61-86 ( online ).
- Ewald Schuldt: The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. German Science Publishing House, Berlin 1972.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967
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