Odoorn-Westeres large stone grave
| Odoorn-Westeres large stone grave Hunebed D32a | |||
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 50 '55.9 " N , 6 ° 49' 56.9" E | ||
| place | Borger-Odoorn , OT Odoorn , Drenthe , Netherlands | ||
| Emergence | 3300 to 3075 BC Chr. | ||
| van Giffen no. | D32a | ||
The large stone grave Odoorn-Westeres was a megalithic burial complex of the Neolithic western group of the Funnel Beaker Culture near Odoorn , a district of Borger-Odoorn in the Dutch province of Drenthe . It was destroyed between 1854 and 1869. Its remains were archaeologically examined in 1983 . The grave bears the van Giffen number D32a.
location
The grave was west of Odoorn, south of the Geerskampweg. There are numerous other large stone graves in the vicinity. 1 km north-northeast is the large stone grave Odoorn (D32), 2.4 km east-southeast the large stone grave Valthe-West (D34) and 3 km east- south- east the large stone grave Valthe-Zuidwest (D35). Several destroyed graves are also known from this area. 1.9 km northeast of the Odoorn-Noorderveld 1 (D32c) stone grave, the Odoorn-Noorderveld 2 (D32d) stone grave 2 km east and the Valthe-Valtherveld stone grave (D33) 2.4 km east-southeast .
Research history
The facility was first mentioned in 1818 and destroyed between 1854 and 1869. In 1983 the remains of the grave were archaeologically examined under the direction of Jan N. Lanting .
description
The complex was probably an aisle grave . In 1818 there were only three stones left. During his excavation, Lanting was able to determine that the burial chamber was about 11.5 m long and originally consisted of eight pairs of wall stones on the long sides and a capping stone each on the narrow sides. Lanting could also make out the remains of a stone pavement.
Finds
During his excavation, Lanting was able to recover ceramic shards of the funnel beaker culture, from which around 165 vessels could be reconstructed. The pottery is dated to grades 3–5 of the typological system of the Western Beaker Group established by Anna Brindley . This corresponds to the period 3300-3075 BC. Chr.
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. 216 ( online version ).
- 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. 196.
- 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: D32a Odoorn Westeres
- hunebeddeninfo.nl: D32a / Odoorn (Westeres) gemeente Borger-Odoorn
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 ).