Long hills of Tinnum
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 54 '31.6 " N , 8 ° 20' 0" E | ||
| place | Tinnum , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany | ||
| Emergence | around 3500 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | unknown | ||
The long hill of Tinnum is an archaeological site of the funnel cup culture (TBK) in the area of the airfield, north of the locality of Tinnum on Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein . The long hills known as the Konens Høj type ( German for "women hill" - named after a place where they were found) have so far been found almost only on the Cimbrian Peninsula , one also on Fyn . 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
Around 3500 BC Long mounds formed in BC are considered to be the forerunners of the megalithic graves in terms of typology . The long bed, used in several phases and laid out in a west-east orientation, is now 30 m long and 13 m wide (which is oversized for the species) and 2.1 m high. The long sides rounded at the corners are only approximately parallel. The surface of the heavily excavated mound made of yellow-brown, somewhat loamy sand has thin dark brown stripes almost everywhere ( podsolization ).
A megalithic enclosure, according to the study by G. Asmus from 1940 (similar to Barkjær ) No. Strictly speaking, therefore, it does not belong to the type giant bed without a chamber . Nevertheless J. Roß and others classify it in this genus.
The core mound is approximately 14 m × 5.0 m in size and 0.8 m high, with a flat surface. It had a rectangular border made of partly head-sized and larger rolling stones, which were stacked on top of one another at an incline towards the center and were relatively well preserved on the south side. The stones on the north side of the enclosure, preserved over a length of about 4.5 m, were only the size of a double fist or head. Apparently the stone packing was placed against the existing hill.
Finds
Near the east end of the core mound, about one meter from the sides, a west-east oriented grave pit was discovered. On the long sides it had a border of fist- or head-sized pebbles, which lay about 0.15 m below the base of the hill. The 3.4 m × 1.85 m border was in two rows on the north side and single row in the south. Inside, discolouration of a rotten wooden coffin (1.75 m long, about 0.6 m × 0.6 m with a slightly curved bottom) was observed. The eastern end was rounded, while the western side was no longer recognizable. It was also impossible to decide whether it was a tree or a plank coffin. In front of the western end of the coffin tracks, a second discoloration lay across the longitudinal axis of the coffin, the meaning of which remained unclear. Shards of vessels were found near the west end, some of which were decorated with indentations of winding cord. In the center of the grave was a thin-nosed flint ax . In the eastern part of the hill there was another thin-nosed ax , several shards of vessels and some charcoal (additions or remains of a disturbed burial). To the southeast of the central grave, shards of a funnel beaker were found. On the west side of the southern border was above the core hill of the neck of a Randleistenbeils from bronze .
See also
literature
- K. Kersten, P. LaBaume: Prehistory of the North Frisian Islands In: The prehistoric and early historical monuments and finds in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Neumünster 1958 p. 554 f.
Web links
- TK25 sheet 1016 Kampen (1878) The historical map material shows the situation in the last third of the 19th century, here still with 20 barrows.
- Long beds on Sylt
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: Location of the long hill of Tinnum in accordance with Geospatial services. Protected areas in Germany. Retrieved June 24, 2013 .
- ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15