Lütnitz large stone grave

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Lütnitz large stone grave
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Large stone grave Lütnitz (Saxony-Anhalt)
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Coordinates 52 ° 6 '49.8 "  N , 11 ° 56' 4.9"  E
place Möckern , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.
Ground plan of the large stone grave Lütnitz after Herms
Reconstruction of the Lütnitz grave according to Herms

The Lütnitz large stone grave is a Neolithic burial site near the town of Möckern , district of Lütnitz in the Jerichower Land district in Saxony-Anhalt .

description

The complex belongs to the passage grave type and is oriented east-west. Three of the four stones of a former grave enclosure are still there. The only remaining capstone broke and fell into the burial chamber. Archaeological excavations were carried out in 1928. Several fire sources were discovered. Ceramics from the younger deep-engraving culture were found within the enclosure, and ceramics from the spherical amphora culture in the burial chamber .

See also

literature

  • Ernst Herms: The megalithic graves of the Jerichow I district . In: Festschrift of the Magdeburg Museum of Natural History and Local History for the 10th Prehistory Conference , Magdeburg 1928, pp. 247–261.
  • Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2007, ISBN 978-3-89812-428-7 , p. 62

Web links

Commons : Großsteingrab Lütnitz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schulze-Thulin, p. 62