Grave from Bergsvägen in Linköping

The grave at Bergsvägen in Linköping ( Swedish Dubbelgraven från stenåldern ) is an approximately 4700 year old (triple) collective burial of the boat ax culture . It was found in 1953 when a roundabout was being built at the beginning of Bergsvägen in Linköping in Östergötland County in Sweden .

The earth grave contained the skeletons of a woman and a man who were buried on their sides with their legs bent and feet set against one another, facing west. A baby had been buried next to the woman's back, between the paws of a dog. Several ornate ceramics had been deposited on the woman's head, along with three axes and a horned dagger. Among the little things were a couple of copper spirals from southern Europe . They can be assigned to the woman and are among the oldest copper objects in Scandinavia .

The man's equipment was much poorer and consisted of a boat ax made of green stone , a spear thrower and a flint knife .

Plague cemetery

A plague cemetery ( Swedish: Pestkyrkogård ) with about 80 burials from 1711 was found at the same location .

literature

• Anders Lindahl, Nils-Gustav Gejvall: Dubbelgraven från stenåldern vid Bergsvägen i Linköping. In: Meddelanden fran Östergötlands och Linköpings Stads Museum 1954–1955. Pp. 5-34.

Web links

• Description (Swedish) and drawing
• Linköping 540 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)

Coordinates: 58 ° 24 ′ 53.8 ″  N , 15 ° 36 ′ 20 ″  E