Great stone graves near Hooghalen
| Great stone graves near Hooghalen Hunebed D54b, Hunebed D54c Hooghalen-Noord, Hooghalen-Zuid |
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| Coordinates | Hooghalen D54b , Hooghalen D54c | ||
| place | Midden-Drenthe , OT Hooghalen , Drenthe , Netherlands | ||
| Emergence | 3470 to 2760 BC Chr. | ||
| van Giffen no. | D54b, D54c | ||
The megalithic graves near Hooghalen were two megalithic tombs of the Neolithic western group of the funnel beaker culture in Hooghalen , a district of Midden-Drenthe in the Dutch province of Drenthe . They were largely destroyed at an unknown point in time. Their remains were discovered in 1946 and archaeologically examined in 1947 . The graves bear the Van Giffen numbers D54b and D54c.
location
The two graves are located east-northeast of Hooghalen in a wooded area, a few meters away from the forest paths. Grave D54c is located 530 m east-northeast of D54b. 75 m south-southwest of D54c was a stone box grave .
Research history
It is unclear exactly when the two graves were destroyed. There are no records mentioning them before the mid-20th century. The remains of the two plants were only discovered in 1946 during reforestation work. In 1947 Albert Egges van Giffen carried out an archaeological dig. The scientific processing of this excavation took place in 1985 by H. Bouman.
description
Grave D54b
The complex was an east-west oriented passage grave . The burial chamber had a length of about 6.1 m and a width of about 1.8 m. It had five pairs of wall stones on the long sides and one end stone each on the narrow sides. The entrance was located between the second and third wall stones on the southern long side, seen from the west. The grave is still visible in the area as a clearly recognizable oval pit in which several stones lie.
Grave D54c
D54c was probably also a passage grave. The burial chamber was about 3.7 m long. It had two pairs of wall stones on the long sides and one end stone each on the narrow sides. This grave can also be seen in the area as a clearly recognizable oval pit in which several stones lie, including a larger one.
Finds
During the excavation in 1947, numerous ceramic fragments from vessels of the funnel beaker culture were found. The finds from the two graves were partially mixed up so that a clear assignment was no longer possible afterwards. From D54b there are also some fragments of an end neolithic bell beaker .
literature
- Jan Albert Bakker : A list of the extant and formerly present hunebedden in the Netherlands. In: Palaeohistoria. Volume 30, 1988, pp. 63-72 ( online ).
- Jan Albert Bakker: The Dutch Hunebedden. Megalithic Tombs of the Funnel Beaker Culture. International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor 1992, ISBN 1-87962-102-9 .
- Jan Albert Bakker: Megalithic Research in the Netherlands, 1547-1911. From 'Giant's Beds' and 'Pillars of Hercules' to accurate investigations. Sidestone Press, Leiden 2010, ISBN 9789088900341 , p. 226 ( online version ).
- H. Bouman: Twee vernielde Hunebedden te Hooghalen. Dissertation, Groningen 1985.
- Albert Egges van Giffen : De Hunebedden in Nederland , 3 volumes. Oosthoek, Utrecht 1925.
- Evert van Ginkel , Sake Jager, Wijnand van der Sanden: Hunebedden. Monuments van een steentijdcultuur. Uniepers, Abcoude 1999, ISBN 978-9068252026 , p. 199.
- Jan N. Lanting : De NO-Nederlandse / NW-Duitse Klokbekergroep: culturele achtergrond, typologie van het aardewerk, datering, verspreiding en grafritueel. In: Palaeohistoria. Volume 49/50, 2007/2008 (2008), pp. 264-265 ( online ).
- Nynke de Vries: Excavating the Elite? Social stratification based on cremated remains in the Dutch hunebedden. Master thesis, Groningen 2015 ( online ).
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: D54b Hooghalen , D54c Hooghalen
- hunebeddeninfo.nl: D54b / Hooghalen (Boswachterij Hooghalen), gemeente Midden-Drenthe , D54c / Hooghalen (Boswachterij Hooghalen), gemeente Midden-Drenthe
Individual evidence
- ^ Anna L. Brindley : The typochronology of TRB West Group pottery. In: Palaeohistoria. Volume 28, 1986, pp. 93-132 ( online ). Annual figures corrected according to Moritz Mennenga : Between Elbe and Ems. The settlements of the funnel beaker culture in northwest Germany (= early monumentality and social differentiation. Volume 13). Habelt, Bonn 2017, ISBN 978-3-7749-4118-2 , p. 93 ( online ).