Guldager burial mound
The grave mounds of Guldager ( German Goldacker ) are north of Esbjerg in Jutland in Denmark . The small burial mounds were built in the late Neolithic , between 2850 and 2400 BC. Built by the bearers of the individual grave culture , which succeeded the funnel beaker culture (TBK) in this region . The archaeologists gained knowledge of the societies of that time through the finds in some of the approximately 4,000 preserved graves . Gravhøje In and around Guldager there are more than 750 small burial mounds ( Gravhøje in Danish ). Objects or traces of burials have been found in around 300 of them. Some of the many burial mounds at Guldager were examined as early as 1904. The grave goods of the late Neolithic were often similar. The men were buried with an ax, various clay pots and sometimes with large amber disks, while the women were buried with jewelry - often made of amber - and clay vessels. In many parts of Denmark the agricultural use of the land has made the hills disappear over time, while West Jutland with its barren soils has been spared.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 32 ′ 39.2 " N , 8 ° 23 ′ 20.1" E