Giver passage grave
Giver's passage grave, restored in 2010, is located near the village of Rebstrup, east of Aars in the Danish Himmerland . The passage grave from prehistoric times is a megalithic system of the funnel cup culture (TBK). It originated in the Neolithic 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.
restoration
A badger family had moved into the passage grave ( Danish Jættestue - German "Riesenstube" ) so that the chamber had to be restored. In other large stone graves, too , foxes and badgers have undermined bearing stones, which can ultimately lead to the monuments collapsing.
During the restoration of the barrow it turned out that the badgers had undermined two of the bearing stones. A chamber restoration in 1910, during which a 27.2 cm long flint dagger was found, was required to keep out rainwater that was breaking down the stones. It was very difficult to expose the corridor and the floor. But then archaeologists found an intact plant with paved floor and a fine between masonry between the supporting stones. One of the unpleasant surprises was that a bearing stone and a cap stone were still about to crumble. The reason for this is that the protective layer of stone, earth and flint, which had ensured that no rainwater penetrated intact systems since the Neolithic Age, was destroyed. For this reason, a protective membrane was placed over the passage grave during the restoration so that the rainwater is drained away. A layer of soil and turf was placed on the membrane. Rolled grass is supposed to secure the construction until the natural grass has grown. A gate was placed in front of the entrance to keep smaller animals out of the archaeological site.
modification
During the restoration, it turned out that the hill was rebuilt in the late Stone Age. The radical rebuilding took place several centuries after the barrow was built (probably in the dagger era ) and resulted in the outer part of the corridor being removed and a curb circle placed around the mound. The restoration took into account the various construction phases and did not restore the original access.
See also
literature
- Peter V. Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968.
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 ° 50 ′ 6.8 ″ N , 9 ° 36 ′ 54.8 ″ E