Knowledge

Great Dolmen of Dwasieden

Source 📝

31: 24: 17: 297: 153:), typical of this region. A two-metre-long porch runs past the support-high half stone to the 4.0 metre long, 1.7 metre wide and 1.4 metre high chamber. The hall consists of red sandstone slabs, annealed 141:) the height of the uprights and five slabs, on which there are three large (on the chamber) and three small capstones. Only the central capstone of the chamber is missing. One of the four 327: 43: 312: 258: 302: 250: 129:- 41 have survived. The rectangular, roughly east–west-oriented chamber at the wide end of the frame, with its western entrance and porch ( 168:. The artefacts found include 1,777 shards, the largest amount of pottery in a site in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. There were also 19 201: 245: 117:
The great dolmen is located near the southwestern edge of the forest, south of Lancken, less than 500 metres from the Baltic Sea. The
332: 164:
Neither human bones nor cremated remains were found, but it has been established that it was later used by members of the
307: 165: 98: 91:
and ideology of New Stone Age communities. Their creation and function are features of social development"
88: 79: 177: 322: 317: 125:
about 35 metres long and 12.5 to 7.5 metres wide. Of the 54 kerb stones - including the four
102: 71: 149:, one of the kerb stones has three more. The site is a prime example of the porch dolmen ( 142: 47: 126: 291: 118: 55: 189: 30: 23: 16: 94: 273: 260: 145:
at the southwest end, which had already been overturned in the past, has 40
134: 146: 75: 67: 59: 122: 63: 158: 106: 184:), five biconical vessels, five bowls, two funnel bowls, a scraper ( 173: 169: 154: 29: 22: 15: 70:. It was excavated in 1970 by Ewald Schuldt and is designated a 121:
lies in a roughly northeast–southwest-oriented, trapezoidal
298:
Buildings and structures completed in the 4th millennium BC
176:
beads, (two shaped like a double axe), eight cups, six
101:(1774–1840). His diagrams and sketches are kept in the 82:(TBK) was constructed between 3500 and 2800 BC. 217:Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaft, Berlin, 1972. 87:"Neolithic monuments are an expression of the 8: 328:Buildings and structures in Vorpommern-Rügen 313:Archaeology of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 233:J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15 226: 133:) consists of seven supporting stones ( 93:. The site was painted in 1806 by the 66:peninsula of Germany's largest island, 215:Die mecklenburgischen Megalithgräber. 7: 202:Megaliths in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 14: 303:1806 archaeological discoveries 1: 85:According to Ingrid Schmidt, 105:of Art & Archaeology at 251:Description and photographs 349: 274:54.5020778°N 13.6091389°E 39:Great dolmen of Dwasieden 166:Globular Amphora culture 52:Großdolmen von Dwasieden 151:Großdolmen mit Windfang 279:54.5020778; 13.6091389 99:Caspar David Friedrich 51: 34: 27: 20: 192:and a narrow chisel. 33: 26: 19: 333:Funnelbeaker culture 80:Funnelbeaker culture 270: /  58:in the borough of 308:Dolmens in Germany 35: 28: 21: 137:), a half stone ( 340: 285: 284: 282: 281: 280: 275: 271: 268: 267: 266: 263: 234: 231: 180:, six scrapers ( 103:Ashmolean Museum 46: 348: 347: 343: 342: 341: 339: 338: 337: 288: 287: 278: 276: 272: 269: 264: 261: 259: 257: 256: 242: 237: 232: 228: 224: 213:Ewald Schuldt: 210: 198: 143:guardian stones 127:guardian stones 115: 42: 12: 11: 5: 346: 344: 336: 335: 330: 325: 320: 315: 310: 305: 300: 290: 289: 254: 253: 248: 241: 240:External links 238: 236: 235: 225: 223: 220: 219: 218: 209: 206: 205: 204: 197: 194: 182:Klingenkratzer 114: 111: 97:-born artist, 72:Sprockhoff No. 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 345: 334: 331: 329: 326: 324: 321: 319: 316: 314: 311: 309: 306: 304: 301: 299: 296: 295: 293: 286: 283: 265:13°36′32.90″E 262:54°30′07.48″N 252: 249: 247: 244: 243: 239: 230: 227: 221: 216: 212: 211: 207: 203: 200: 199: 195: 193: 191: 187: 183: 179: 175: 171: 167: 162: 160: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 120: 112: 110: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 90: 83: 81: 78:site of the 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 40: 32: 25: 18: 255: 229: 214: 185: 181: 178:crosscutters 163: 150: 138: 130: 119:great dolmen 116: 86: 84: 56:great dolmen 38: 36: 277: / 246:Photographs 190:hammerstone 113:Description 292:Categories 222:References 208:Literature 159:clay floor 135:orthostats 95:Greifswald 76:megalithic 172:, eleven 147:cup marks 139:Halbstein 74:472. The 62:, on the 44:‹See Tfd› 318:Sassnitz 196:See also 131:Windfang 60:Sassnitz 54:), is a 186:Schaber 123:hunebed 89:culture 64:Jasmund 170:blades 157:and a 107:Oxford 48:German 323:Rügen 188:), a 174:amber 155:flint 68:Rügen 37:The 294:: 161:. 109:. 50:: 41:(

Index




‹See Tfd›
German
great dolmen
Sassnitz
Jasmund
Rügen
Sprockhoff No.
megalithic
Funnelbeaker culture
culture
Greifswald
Caspar David Friedrich
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford
great dolmen
hunebed
guardian stones
orthostats
guardian stones
cup marks
flint
clay floor
Globular Amphora culture
blades
amber
crosscutters
hammerstone

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.