Niemberg burial ground

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The Niemberg burial ground is a body burial ground from the early migration period (from 375 to 450 AD), which was discovered near Niemberg in the Saalekreis and gave its name to the Niemberg group .

Characteristic for this group are the Niemberger fibulae , crossbow fibulae with a bird's tail foot , piston arm rings , small round eye beads made of glass (with knobs), cubic blue glass beads in the shape of an octahedron , late figure eight beads and three-layer combs with a semicircular curved handle.

The dead were buried in a body grave lying on their back and lying north-south. Often there were special positions, such as crouching , prone position and multiple occupations as well as double burials . The latter can not be explained from previous burial rites in the Saalekreis .

Such positions of the dead are common in the Cernjachow culture and in the Sintana de Mures culture .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Cf. Walther Schulz : The fibulas of the burial place of Niemberg, Saalkreis . In: Mannus 16. pp. 99-111; see. Berthold Schmidt: The cemetery of Niemberg from the early migration period, Saalkreis . In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory 48. Halle an der Saale 1964, pp. 315–332.

literature

  • Berthold Schmidt : The cemetery of Niemberg from the early migration period, Saalkreis . In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory 48. Halle an der Saale 1964, pp. 315–332.
  • Berthold Schmidt: Status and tasks of early history research in the Middle Elbe-Saale area . In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory 65. Halle an der Saale 1982, pp. 145–172.
  • Walther Schulz : The fibulae of the burial place of Niemberg, Saalkreis . In: Mannus 16. pp. 99-111.