De hoogen Steener
| De hoogen Steener The tall stones | |||
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 Great stone grave Werlte |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 52 '47.8 " N , 7 ° 40' 57" E | ||
| place | Werlte , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 830 | ||
De hoogen Steener (High German: the high stones) are between 3500 and 2800 BC. Megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) that was created in BC . It is located about three kilometers north of Werlte in Lower Saxony . The megalithic system bears the Sprockhoff no. 830. The passage grave is a form of Neolithic megalithic systems, which consists of a chamber and a structurally separated, lateral passage. This form is primarily found in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia, as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands. 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.
description
The approximately 28 meters long and two meters wide Emsland chamber of the passage grave lies in the former oval border with almost no preserved curbs. It is the longest chamber of a megalithic complex in Lower Saxony and is also exceeded in Central and Northern Europe by some systems in Drenthe ( Netherlands ) only in terms of the number of stones (Havelte D53 with 64 stones). The bearing stones, some of which are hidden in the newly heaped up hill, still carry 14 of what were probably 17 cap stones that were preserved. The entrance was in the middle of the southern long side, where two preserved stones indicate the mouth of the passage.
Finds
In 1864 J. H. Müller found “fragments of decorated urns” under the capstones. In 1906, while clearing the chamber , Hans Müller-Brauel found some stone utensils and lots of decorated shards of vessels.
See also
- Nordic megalithic architecture
- The complex is on the street of the megalithic culture
literature
- Ernst Andreas Friedrich : The barrows on the Hümmling , P. 36–38, in: If stones could talk. Volume I, Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1989, ISBN 3-7842-03973 .
- 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. 74-76.
- Mamoun Fansa : large stone graves between Weser and Ems . Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-118-5 , pp. 48-49.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 94.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15