Stone box from Ratekau

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The so-called stone box from Ratekau is also known in the literature under the correct name “ Dolmen von Ratekau” (LA 200). It comes from the nearby Sereetz , northeast of Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein , where it was discovered in 1979.

description

The archaeological findings showed an unusually large pit of about 10.0 × 8.0 m, which was sunk 1.4 m into the ground. The chamber consisted of four larger monoliths that formed the north and south sides of the complex. The western end stone, like the two cap stones, had previously been removed during private actions. On the outside the complex was framed by field stones of different sizes. The west side was closed by smaller stones. In the western part of the chamber, which is only around 2.0 m × 1.4 m in size, the paving made of burned-out flint had been preserved. The fact that it is a grave is shown by human bones, which are believed to belong to two men aged 17–25 and 35–45, respectively. Numerous grave goods could be recovered. Among them were shattered ceramics, cut flint axes, arrowheads of various shapes and a fragment of an amber bead. This inventory shows that the recently deceased did not live during the time of the Funnel Beaker culture (about 4000-2800), in which most megalithic tombs were built, but much later. While the subsequent burial in an older grave complex was initially considered, there is now much to suggest that the stone box sunk into the earth was only laid out at the end of the Neolithic period when the bell- beaker people were present.

Since 1980 the stone box (improperly above ground) has been standing on a lawn in the center of Ratekau (in the immediate vicinity of the Ratekau Feldsteinkirche and the Wilhelmseiche in Ratekau ).

Recessed grave structures in Schleswig-Holstein

TBK facilities as a whole; n. J. Hoika:

  • unmegalithic 79.4%
  • Rectangular dolmen 11.9%
  • Passage graves 4.0%
  • otherwise megalith. 3.2%
  • Large dolmen 1.6%

See also

literature

  • Karl W. Beinhauer, Gabriel Cooney, Christian E. Guksch, Susan Kus (eds.): Studies on megalithics. = The megalithic phenomenon (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. 21). Beier & Beran, Weissbach 1999, ISBN 3-930036-36-3 .
  • Harald Gerhardt: The archaeological monuments in the large community Ratekau. In: Jahrbuch für Heimatkunde, Eutin. Vol. 28, 1994, ISSN  1866-2730 , pp. 28-35.
  • Joachim Kühl: A deepened megalithic grave near Ratekau. In: Jahrbuch für Heimatkunde, Eutin. Vol. 16, 1982, pp. 13-24.
  • Kurt Ruhe: “Discovery” of a megalithic grave near Sielbeck / Sereetz. In: Jahrbuch für Heimatkunde, Eutin. Vol. 14, 1980, pp. 177-179.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For Schleswig-Holstein J. Hoika presents figures, according to which around 12% of the small original and rectangular dolms but less than 2% of the passage graves and polygonal dolms are sunk. The other federal states are likely to produce similar figures

Coordinates: 53 ° 56 ′ 56.9 ″  N , 10 ° 44 ′ 10.3 ″  E