Oberndorfmark D Passage Grave View all content for Oberndorfmark D

taken from the on-site information board: The Sieben Steinhäuser (Seven Stone Houses) Megalithic Tombs of the Neolithic around 2300 BC The history of the construction and use of the Sieben Steinhäuser can be traced on the basis of the form of the megalithic tombs and the excavation results obtained at the end of the thirties. In the middle phase of the Neolithic period the tomb D with its huge capstone was built according to West European model first. The tomb was enclosed by an elongated Hunebed, which was later shortened to its current length for the use of the perimeter stones for the other tombs. In one go, the site was subsequently extended by four almost identical stone tombs (A, B, C and E). From the lower found layer of tomb B came as an addition a ceramic vessel (1) and a flint blade (2) to light. In tomb C the amber oyster (3) and the cross-cutting arrowhead (4) also belong to the oldest find. While the construction of the passage graves is based on the North German tradition, the ceramics point to close contacts with the Central German area. In the late Neolithic period, the graves were reused after partial clearing of the old burials. In them, the dead were buried with such typical additions as the vessel with herringbone pattern (5) from tomb E individually. With the end of the Neolithic Age, people no longer bury themselves in megalithic tombs. But they were respected by all cultural groups until modern times.

Posted by Nucleus 8th December 2019ce

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