Seehausen large stone grave
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 13 '51 " N , 13 ° 53' 45.6" E | ||
| place | Oberuckersee , OT Seehausen , Brandenburg , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The large stone grave Seehausen was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Seehausen , a district of Oberuckersee in the Uckermark district ( Brandenburg ). It was probably destroyed in the 18th century.
location
According to Johann Christoph Bekmann , the grave was between Seehausen and Bertikow , not far from the route between the two places at that time.
description
Today only an oval hill 2 m high remains of the complex. A recess could indicate the position of the completely destroyed burial chamber. At the foot of the hill there is a single stone. It is unclear whether it originally belonged to the large stone grave.
The chamber was oriented north-south to Bekmann and had three wall stones; the south side was open. The capstone was already missing. The largest stone was 6 feet (1.9 m) wide and protruded about 3 feet (0.9 m) from the earth. The empty spaces between the stones were covered with spandrel masonry made of small stone slabs. A large ceramic vessel (“urn”) surrounded by small stones and filled with sand and bones was found in the chamber.
Ewald Schuldt and Eberhard Kirsch classify the complex only generally as a large stone grave, Hans-Jürgen Beier sees it as a presumed ancient dolmen .
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. 34.
- Johann Christoph Bekmann , Bernhard Ludwig Bekmann : Historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg according to their origin, inhabitants, natural characteristics, waters, landscapes, towns, clerical donors, etc. [...]. Vol. 1, Berlin 1751, pp. 358, 370, 383 ( online ).
- Karl Brunner: Stone Age ceramics in the Mark Brandenburg. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1898, p. 47.
- Eberhard Kirsch : Finds from the Middle Neolithic in the state of Brandenburg. Brandenburg State Museum for Prehistory and Early History, Potsdam 1993, pp. 173–174.
- Leopold von Ledebur : The pagan antiquities of the administrative district of Potsdam. A contribution to the antiquity statistics of the Mark Brandenburg. Berlin 1852, p. 92 ( online ).
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 137.
- Hugo Schumann: The Stone Age graves of the Uckermark. Mieck, Prenzlau 1904, p. 53.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : The cultures of the younger Stone Age in the Mark Brandenburg. Prehistoric research 4. Berlin 1926, p. 139.
- Ernst Sprockhoff: Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 59.