Knudsby Stordysse

Knudsby Stordysse is located on Orebyvej 8 km west of Vordingborg , at the beginning of the Knudshoved Odde peninsula in South Zealand . There are 27 other megalithic sites on the peninsula ( megalithic sites in Knudsskov ).

Early 19th century picture by Johan Christian Clausen Dahl

Knudsby Stordysse (Stordysse = dt. Großdolmen ) is a badly damaged double system of the funnel beaker culture and originated 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.

Large dolmen types

Excavation history

When the National Museum first surveyed the complex in 1876, it was a small, long hill about 3.5 m wide. The first excavation took place in 1877 when J. Olsen Bakkebølle was digging in the hills west of Vordingborg . The finds were acquired by the National Museum. The complex remained untouched until 1937, when a safety excavation was carried out to relocate the road.

In the originally larger, later excavated and then about 0.5 m high hill, you can see the ground plan of both large stone graves. To the east is a pear-shaped chamber with a south-facing entrance. The rest of a similar facility is to the west. In 1937, only a few blocks of the western chamber were known and the eastern chamber was only discovered when the hill was excavated, which at the time was about three feet high and about five meters in diameter. Rows of bearing stones have been preserved. The capstones above the chambers as well as all curb stones around the east-west oriented systems were removed. In the east chamber the lower layer was also disturbed , only inside was a little touched field.

Finds

The grave goods and finds consisted of flint , a thick-nosed ax and some skeletal remains. In total, the decorated ceramic shards from the 1937 excavation represent around 35 vessels, eleven of which come from the fragmentarily preserved western chamber and two from the eastern chamber. The rest (excavation J. Olsen Bakkebølle) could not be identified.

literature

Klaus Ebbesen: Danske jættestuer. Langhøj ved Knudsby på Sydsjælland. Attika, Vordingborg 2009, ISBN 978-87-7528-737-6 , pp. 378-384.

Individual evidence

^ Johannes Müller : Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. In: Hans-Jürgen Beier , Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (eds.): Varia neolithica VI. Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. Contributions from the meeting of the Neolithic Working Group during the annual meeting of the North-West German Association for Ancient Research in Schleswig, 9. – 10. October 2007 (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-941171-28-2 , pp. 7-16, here p. 15.

Web links

55.040602777778 11.824641666667Coordinates: 55 ° 2 '26.2 " N , 11 ° 49' 28.7" E

[1] Johannes Müller : Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. In: Hans-Jürgen Beier , Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (eds.): Varia neolithica VI. Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. Contributions from the meeting of the Neolithic Working Group during the annual meeting of the North-West German Association for Ancient Research in Schleswig, 9. – 10. October 2007 (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-941171-28-2 , pp. 7-16, here p. 15.