Great Dolmen of Dwasieden

The Großdolmen of Dwasieden, a district of Sassnitz, located on the Jasmund peninsula on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. It was excavated in 1970 by Ewald Schuldt and carries the Sprockhoff no. 472 The Megalithic Monuments of the Funnel Beaker Culture ( TBK ) was 3500-2800 BC " Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered as indicator of social development. "

The plant was painted by the painter born in Greifswald Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) in 1806. The drawings and sketches are in the Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology of Oxford.

Description

The Großdolmen is located near the southwestern edge of the forest of the forest south of the district Lancken, not 500 meters from the Baltic Sea. The Großdolmen lies surrounded by a northeast-southwest - oriented, trapezoidal Hunebeds of about 35 m in length and 12.5 and 7.5 m wide. Of the 54 boundary stones - including the four guardian stones - are received 41. The at the wide end of the giant bed perpendicular built, roughly east -west - oriented chamber with her lying to the west entrance and vestibule consists of seven sidestones, a carrier- high half stone and five plates, on which three powerful ( at the chamber) and three small Decksteine were located. The middle of the chamber capstone missing. One of the four guardian stones at the southwest end, which is already overturned in the past, has 40 small bowls, a stone enclosure carrying three more. The plant is a prime example of the typical for this region " Großdolmen with porch ". A two -meter-long porch leads to the carrier- high half stone over to the 4.0 m long, 1.7 m wide and 1.4 m high chamber. The hall consists of Rotsandsteinplatten annealed flint and coating of mud.

There were no human remains or cremated remains, however, found a re-use through the support of the Globular. Among the offerings are 1777 pieces, the largest number of zerscherbter ceramic in a plant in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, also 19 blades, eleven amber beads (two doppelaxtförmige ), eight wells, six cross cutter, six blade scratches, five biconical vessels, five bowls, two funnel bowls, a scraper, a hammerstone and a narrow chisel.