Great stone grave Gorke

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The large stone grave Görke was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Görke , a district of Dargen on Usedom in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It was probably destroyed in the 19th century. Its exact location is not known. Information on the dimensions, orientation and type of the grave is also not available. It allegedly consisted of nine burial chambers, which is probably a misinterpretation; possibly nine preserved stones or a division of the chamber into nine quarters were meant. From the grave more weathered elongated stem amber - pearls that are now in the collection of the Stralsund Museum are located. Other, probably lost finds were ceramic vessels, flint tools and human skulls.

literature

  • Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings as well as the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest. Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 1. Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 14.
  • Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 125.
  • Adolf Stubenrauch : Investigations on the islands of Usedom and Wollin following the Vineta question. In: Baltic Studies. New episode. Volume 2, 1898, p. 77 ( online ).