Döserygg burial ground

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Coordinates: 55 ° 26 '50.2 "  N , 13 ° 1' 48.7"  E

Excavation of the burial ground in 2008

The cemetery of Döserygg southwest of the village Södra Håslöv north of Trelleborg in Skåne in Sweden was discovered and excavated from 2007 onwards as part of the route investigation of European route 6 .

On an area of ​​33,000 m², 14 demolished megalithic systems from the Neolithic Age (3500–2800 BC) were found, which were located in eight round and six long hills ( giant beds ) along a prehistoric processional street marked with a double row of stone material, which were head-high Tree trunks was flanked. Their beginning and end are outside the excavation area. This accumulation of megalithic systems is the largest in a burial ground in southern Sweden. The prefix of the district name (Döser corresponds to the Danish Dysser and the more general term dolmen ) and a map from the 1770s indicated that the site had gone out, but the find exceeded all expectations. Although all dolmens and their enclosures had been removed, a concentration of mostly completely intact pebble strips and rings indicated where the facilities once stood. Döserygg protrudes like a nose into an old wetland or lake. The remains of the grave goods consisted mainly of cuts, axes , ax fragments, scrapers and broken pieces.

Nearby are the Skegried eyelets and a long bed with a polygonal pole that was created at the same time , which corresponds to the dismantled systems.

See also

literature

  • M. Anderson & B. Wallebom (Nilsson): Döserygg . Lunds universitets publikers, 2009, ISBN 978-91-7209-535-9 .
  • Magnus Andersson & Björn Nilsson: Döserygg och Skegriedösarna: megalitgravar på Söderslätt i ny belysning .

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