Passage grave of Wangels-Meischenstorf
The long rectangular passage grave of Wangels-Meischenstorf in the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein is a megalithic complex of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) with the Sprockhoff no. 275, which existed between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC originated. The chamber on the high east bank of a brook has no corridor. Such "chambers without a (verifiable) passage" were also found in the Netherlands . Ewald Schuldt found such systems in Mecklenburg, which he alternatively called “portal tombs”, but this collides with the portal tombs of the British Isles , which are of a completely different design. 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. 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 disturbed passage grave was located in an oval hill, the remains of which are around 1.5 m from the north-east corner of the chamber. The 6.5 to 7.0 m long and 1.5 m wide chamber is oriented southwest-northeast, the approximately 0.6 m wide access opening is off-center on the south-eastern long side between the 2nd and 3rd bearing stone (from the north) . E. Sprockhoff identified four in situ supporting stones on the northwest side and three on the southeast side . Five cap stones, some of which had broken, were not “in situ”. According to KW Struve, the orientation is west-east, with six bearing stones per long side and one on the narrow sides. Several mighty capstones had broken and some fell into the interior of the chamber. (KW Struve, 1953)
Finds
On the southern long side, a spherical amphora and a curved beaker of the individual burial culture stood close together at the same height . A little further away, a flint chisel and amber jewelry were found in the filler earth.
See also
literature
- KW Struwe: spherical amphorae from Holstein . In: Offa 12 1953 pp. 1-13
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, pp. 74-75.
- Jan Piet Brozio: Megalithic systems and settlement patterns in the funnel-shaped Ostholstein . Habelt Bonn 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15
Web links
Coordinates: 54 ° 15 '24 " N , 10 ° 47' 46.6" E