Large stone grave in the Kunkenvenne
| Large stone grave in the Kunkenvenne Great stone grave of Thuine | |||
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 Large stone grave in the Kunkenvenne |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '19.7 " N , 7 ° 30' 22.6" E | ||
| place | Thuine , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 874 | ||
The large stone grave in the Kunkenvenne , also called the large stone grave of Thuine, ( Sprockhoff no. 874), is a megalithic complex of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) and was created between 3500 and 2800 BC. Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development.
It is located in a forest, about one kilometer northeast of the town of Thuine in the Emsland district in Lower Saxony .
description
The almost oval edging made of two well-preserved concentric stone wreaths that tightly enclose the 26.5 meter long and up to 4.4 meter wide trapezoidal chamber is unusual . There are many bearing stones of the east-west oriented chamber, most of them in situ . Of the former 17 capstones, three are probably missing, but many of the preserved ones have fallen between the bearing stones. A short entrance leads into the chamber in the middle of the south side. The inner ring, about 29 meters long and a maximum of six meters wide, consists of 60 stones, which are significantly smaller than the 51 stones of the about 33 meters long and eight meters wide outer ring.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the passage grave is said to have been ransacked by French officers. In 1820, the Count of Münster dug in the complex and found some stone tools , amber beads and deep-engraved vessels from the Emsland group or their shards. In 1878 , Hans Müller-Brauel dug up more broken pieces, charcoal and human bones .
The complex is on the street of the megalithic culture
See also
literature
- Ute Bartelt : Own construction method - large stone graves in western Lower Saxony. In: Archeology in Germany. Volume 4/2009, pp. 26-29 ( online ).
- Anette Bußmann : Stone Age witnesses. Travel to the prehistory of northwest Germany. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89995-619-1 , pp. 56-58.
- Mamoun Fansa : large stone graves between Weser and Ems . Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 1992 (1st edition), ISBN 3-89442-118-5 , pp. 74-75.
- Ernst Andreas Friedrich : The megalithic grave of Thuine. In: If stones could talk . Volume IV, Landbuch-Verlag, Hanover 1998, ISBN 3-7842-0558-5 , pp. 9-11.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 108.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15