Passage graves Lehnstedt 82 and 83
| Passage graves Lehnstedt 82 and 83 Lehnstedt 3 and 4 | |||
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 The large stone grave Lehnstedt 3 |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 17 '0.5 " N , 8 ° 37' 43.8" E | ||
| place | Lehnstedt , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | approx. 2865 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 623 and 624 | ||
The passage graves Lehnstedt 82 and 83 (also known as Lehnstedt 3 and 4) are located in the Düngel forest south of Lehnstedt in the Cuxhaven district ( Elbe-Weser triangle ) in Lower Saxony . They date from the Neolithic Age 3500–2800 BC. And are 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.
location
The two megalithic systems not far from the forestry department are named Lehnstedt 82 and 83. Ernst Sprockhoff described the megalithic graves in the “Atlas of Megalithic Tombs of Germany”, Part 3, under the numbers 624 and 623. There are more in an area up to three kilometers south of Lehnstedt , more or less damaged large stone graves. Four are located in the large Düngel forest area. In 1971/1972 Jürgen Deichmüller examined and restored the Lehnstedt 83 facility on what is today the “ Fertilizer Prehistory Path”. In 1975, H. Aust examined and restored the Lehnstedt 82 facility located on an educational forest trail 300 meters northwest of the forester's house.
description
The chambers of both passage graves are internally length of 11.20 meters (no. 82) and 9.30 meters (no. 83) representative of a construction variant that would otherwise just west of the Weser , in particular in the Dutch province of Drenthe and Emsland is found . It differs from the “Nordic Chamber”, which is usually much shorter in Germany, with its rectangular border (giant beds). The fact that it belongs to the western group is underlined by the oval frames made of stones the size of a fist or head.
The chamber originally had 18 bearing stones and eight cap stones, of which 15 bearing stones and three cap stones are still available. The missing stones are likely to have been blown up in the 19th century. One was stolen in 1949. The bearing stones on the long side faced each other in eight pairs. The chamber was once located in a long oval hill that reached capstone height. The short corridor was on the south side of the chamber.
Finds
Of the 907 ceramic shards , 264 were deeply engraved . They could only partially be added to shoulder vessels, bowls and bowls. Six shards had residues of incrustation. The lithic finds consisted of a sharpened thick-leaf flint hatchet , three cross- edged arrowheads , 12 blades, 22 core stones and 79 tees . They have the usual cross-section found in plants of the funnel beaker culture .
The ax, a cross-edged arrowhead and many of the shards were in the aisle and in front of the complex, which also has its counterparts elsewhere. The removal of older additions as a seemingly widespread custom competes with the more recent conception of permanent cult acts in front of the complex. Two finds indicate that cord ceramists may have cleared out or reused the chamber. In the severely disturbed chamber there was an edge fragment with a fingernail impression and a flat, retouched, triangular arrowhead with a straight base. These are generally not included in the funnel beaker culture.
Dating
Absolute dating is only possible indirectly via the similar material from the neighboring chamber Lehnstedt 83, for which an uncalibrated radiocarbon date from the final phase of the funnel beaker culture is available - 2115 BC. BC (calibrated around 2865 BC).
Nearby
The passage grave near Meyenburg with the Sprockhoff no. 629 is located in front of the bridge over the A27 at the edge of the forest on the road "Bei der Neuen Mühle" a little south of Sprockhoff no. 623.
A small stone chamber ( Heine Steingrab 2) is located in the eastern part of the forest directly on the border ditch of the district boundary (Sprockhoff No. 626). A little north of the chamber, large stones and fragments indicate the location of the second, heavily damaged grave (Heine Steingrab 1 - Sprockhoff No. 625).
See also
literature
- Hans Aust: Successful excavation (Lehnstedt) . Low German Heimatblatt 227, 1968.
- Hans Aust: The large stone grave Lehnstedt 82. In: Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments. Volume 31. The Elb-Weser Triangle III: Excursions: Bremerhaven · Cuxhaven · Worpswede. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1976, ISBN 3-8053-0146-4 , pp. 145-146.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , pp. 8-9.
Web links
- Newspaper report (PDF; 1.7 MB)
- "Hünengräber" on the Lehnstedt website
Individual evidence
- ^ Number of the archaeological land survey