Stone dance by Netzeband
The Stone Dance of Netzeband even stone circle of Netzeband , located in the municipality Katzow in the district of the local part Netzeband in the Vorpommern-Greifswald .
geography
The stone dance is located southwest of Groß Ernsthof in the forest area towards Netzeband. The L 262 runs to the east and the K 22 to the north-east. From this junction, the stone dance can be reached on a paved and forest path. The access is signposted, even with signposts from ancient times.
history
The stone dance was first mentioned in 1826. In 1878 an exact description was given by the Katzow pastor Adalbert Kasten. In 1883 he reported that the stone circle had been partially destroyed by the forester, and the central urn grave was uncovered at the same time. Kasten was able to retrieve the remains and send them to Stralsund. In 1917 the top of the forest was cut down and in 1922/1923 a conservation area was created. Urns were uncovered again.
Hans-Jürgen Eggers excavated the designated section in 1927. It contained 52 urn graves. In principle, they were similar in the system, approx. 50 cm deep on a stone pack in solid yellow sand, above the approx. 20 cm thick humus, inside the lidded stones. Surprisingly, there were hardly any additions preserved, especially the dating primers were missing. The complex was dated to the Middle to Late Latene Period.
In 1938 the excavation of Gau was carried out. He uncovered another 94 graves. In principle, he made the same observations as Eggers, but this time there were several grave goods, such as swords, fibulas, button pins and much more. According to the statements, this tomb was used for several centuries. Since a maximum of 20% of the inner area has been examined, there will be several hundred urn graves, whereby it can be determined that there were no double burials (above or close to each other), which was probably prevented by the cover stones, which also serve as a kind of gravestones Marking were used.
Areas outside the stone circle were not examined, the statements of forest workers in 1883 were that they had found many urns outside. After the excavation, the stone circle should be dignified by the forest administration, with free space around the stone circle and within it, as well as bordered ring planting with beeches and linden trees.
The entire system is difficult to capture in the picture, as the outer ring is delimited by the forest. A folded sword with a scabbard was found in one of the urns, which probably served as a burial object for a warrior or tribal chief.
After trees had settled again over time and one of them was killed, parts of 17 urns showed up again in 1990. There was also a Roman bronze bucket among the finds from the root hole, so a larger excavation was arranged. From 1991 to 1992 another 101 burials were excavated. With this excavation, the entire inner circle was exposed.
literature
- Uta Maria Meier, Hildegard Countess von Schmettow, Jens-Peter Schmidt (Red.): Archaeological discoveries in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Cultural landscape between Recknitz and Oderhaff (= archeology in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. 5). State Office for Culture and Monument Preservation, Schwerin 2009, ISBN 978-3-935770-24-8 , p. 111.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ 23.9 " N , 13 ° 43 ′ 10.2" E