Bigum passage grave
The passage grave of Bigum is located north of Viborg , the village Bigum and Tjele Langsø (lake) and west of Lindum in Central Jutland in a high round hill. It was excavated in 1914 and restored in 1960 and 1990. The passage grave ( Danish Jættestue ) from prehistoric times is a megalithic complex of the funnel cup culture (TBK). It originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. The passage grave is a type of Neolithic megalithic system, 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. 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.
description
The very narrow corridor is 4.0 m long and consists of eight bearing stones, but only one of the cap stones has been preserved. The approximately 4.0 m long and over 2.0 m wide oval chamber has ten supporting stones and three cap stones. The middle one is particularly large. The e'3.4 m high round hill with a diameter of 22.0 to 25.0 m initially had a high curb with horizontal overhangs and dry masonry between the orthostats . In the Bronze Age , the hill was enlarged, its silhouette adapted to the hill of the Bronze Age and, until the chamber was found, it was conveyed to the viewer that it was one of the hills from this period. In addition, a new ring of smaller curbs was placed. Among these was a bowl stone with 15 bowls and some incisions, which is now in the National Museum in Copenhagen .
The finds from the two-period use of the chamber consisted of a lower layer of dissolved bones and 75 amber beads . Above that lay a thick layer of sand and earth on which skeletal material and eight flint daggers were found. Urn burials took place in the hill during the Bronze Age . Since the mound has not yet been examined, only an urn with corpse burn and bronze jewelry has been recovered for the time being.
See also
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ) Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 83
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Müller : Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. In: Hans-Jürgen Beier , Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (eds.): Varia neolithica VI. Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. Contributions from the meeting of the Neolithic Working Group during the annual meeting of the North-West German Association for Ancient Research in Schleswig, 9. – 10. October 2007 (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-941171-28-2 , pp. 7-16, here p. 15.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 33 '11.9 " N , 9 ° 38' 50.2" E