Slutarp dozen

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Skull find from Slutarpsdösen
Capstone of the slutarps dozen

The Slutarpsdösen (or Kinneved 21: 1) is a rectangular dolmen ( Swedish Dös ) of the funnel cup culture (TBK) from the Neolithic period . It originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. And is located northwest of Slutarp near Falköping in Västergötland , in the southern part of Falbygden . Although the megalithic complex is called doze, there has long been no agreement as to whether it is a dolmen or a stone box . The archaeological inventory from 1960 describes the complex as a stone box because of its shape.

The facility was discovered in 1910 and excavated by Sune Lindqvist. Since Slutarpsdösen was the only Swedish dolmen in the hinterland at that time, it was viewed as an archaeological sensation. Due to the C14 dating that took place in 2000, it could be assigned to the TBK and thus to the dolmen type.

Slutarpsdösen has an inside 2 meters long and about one meter wide, rectangular chamber, which is covered by a 3.5 m long, 2.0 m wide and 0.5 m thick capstone. Dolmens with rectangular chambers are more common further south in Sweden and Denmark. The chamber is located in the remnants of a hill about one meter high, about 4.5 m in diameter.

During the excavation, the remains of 30 to 34 people were found. Of grave goods of Slutarpsdösen contained only three beads of amber . The largest of them is club-shaped and typical of the TBK, which is another indication that it is a dolmen.

There are around 125 different pickings in the capstone made of weathered mica slate ; including ten elongated depressions, three pairs of soles of the feet and about 105 bowls from the Bronze Age , about 25 of which are connected by grooves.

See also

literature

  • Peter Jankavs: Slutarpsdösen - hotat kulturarv. In: Blommande trädgårdar och grönskande parker - Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift 2001–2002 (2002), pp. 145–153.
  • Karl-Göran Sjögren: Mångfalldige uhrminnes grafvar… Megalitgravar och samhälle i Västsverige (2003).
  • Gunnar Creutz: Nu vet one att slutarps dosen är en dös. In: Falbygden 57 (2003), pp. 68-74.

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Coordinates: 58 ° 5 '24.4 "  N , 13 ° 30' 44.5"  E