Oldendorfer Totenstatt

Chamber of the giant bed IV

The Oldendorfer Totenstatt is an ensemble of six grave mounds and megalithic sites in Oldendorf north of Ameling Hausen im Tal der Luhe, in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony. It consists of the megaliths ( Nos. 1, 3 and 4) and the round hills (No. 2, 5 and 6). There are megalithic sites of the Funnel Beaker Culture ( TBK ). Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered as indicator of social development.

Hunebeds I, II and IV

  • Appendix I is a 45 meter long, largely destroyed barrow. It carries the Sprockhoff no. 683
  • Appendix III is still a 43 -meter-long rest of the Erdwalles whose surround stones in situ or overturned are partially available. The chamber must have been in that part of the no longer exists. It carries the Sprockhoff no. 685
  • Appendix IV is a 80 meter long barrow, of which about 100 stones facing another 14 were in situ, the rest were in the restoration ( a section has been restored with intermediate masonry) re-erected. The passage grave consists of an eight -meter-long chamber with twelve supporting stones and a pair of stone passage. The original five capstones of the chamber and those of the Ganges are missing. The position of the chamber in the long barrow is extremely terminally and with access to the chamber is laterally offset strongly, so that the installation complies with the type of so-called " Holsteiner chamber ". It carries the Sprockhoff no. 686

Appendices II, V and VI

  • Appendix II is a round hill of about 20 meters in diameter in the center of the rest ( support stones with a stone threshold ) of a passage tomb can be found. It carries the Sprockhoff no. 684
  • Appendix V and VI are Bronze Age round hill.

Hunebeds IV ( to scale)

Replica of the strap handle cup from the Annex II

Replica of a thin-walled cup

Excavations

Inside the chambers of the plant 2 and 4, relics of the Funnel Beaker Culture, the Kugelamphoren culture and the single grave culture found in separated layers.

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