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Vehrte 2

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech

<b>Vehrte 2</b>Posted by NucleusImage © Uwe Häberle 08/2014
Also known as:
  • Teufels Backtrog
  • Teufelssteine 2
  • Sprockhoff Nr. 915

Latitude:52° 21' 1.33" N
Longitude:   8° 9' 35.68" E

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Devils dough trough
Neolithic grave site

The builders of the megalithic tombs
In northern Germany, the megalithic tombs belong to the legacy of the so-called funnel beaker culture, named after the typical shape of their pottery. This population began in the Neolithic period from about 3,500 BC. also in our country, to practice agriculture and livestock. With this they finished the oldest and longest period of human history, the time of hunter-gatherer cultures, and introduced the sedentary way of life.

From the study of flower pollen we know today that it was 2-3°C warmer then today. There were large oak mixed forests on whose clear edges, near the stream or river, with stone axes the forest was cleared and fields and settlements were created. The most important crop was cereals, whereby only those species were cultivated, which came in the course of 5,000 years with the spreading of the rural way of life from Near East to Central and Northern Europe. These included the wheat varieties einkorn and wild emmer as well as barley.

The livestock can be retraced from individual bone finds. In the 4th millennium BC after that, cattle and pigs and, also imported from Southeastern Europe, sheep and goats were bred.
Nucleus Posted by Nucleus
13th November 2018ce
Edited 13th November 2018ce

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Route of Megalithic Culture - Site 4: Devils Baking Trough and Devils Oven (4b+c)


330 kilometres of scenic route lead you to 33 exciting archaeological sites through Northwest Germany. On your way you will find more than 70 Neolithic (3.500 to 2.800 B.C.) megalithic tombs.
Nucleus Posted by Nucleus
12th November 2018ce