Rectangular dolmen

The term Rechteckdolmen ( according to Ekkehard recognition ) occurs especially in Schleswig- Holstein, where the exact floor plan occurs primarily. Is specifically chosen the term "extended Dolmen " ( Ewald Schuldt and Ernst Sprockhoff ), since at this Dolmenvariante also trapezoidal floor plans are (eg Gnewitz ). Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered as indicator of social development.

Deck stones and gear

During the Urdolmen regular way only a capstone has (but can also have two ), the Rechteckdolmen that primarily by the position of its support stones (standing) from Urdolmen (lying ) is different, usually two capstones (but also may have one). From the third capstone is spoken in Germany by Großdolmen in Scandinavia of Stordysse or - doze. A subgrouping this Dolmentyps refers (only in Germany bebräuchlich ) to the always present access, for example, the can be provided with a carrier- high half stone or with einwinkelnden carriers.

The determined at 33 installations ratio of chamber interior length to width is between 1:1.05 ( Waabs -east) and 1:3,17 (fog - West). An average of at 1:1,83 ( Windeby ).

Hills form

In the long hills Rechteckdolmen are mostly transverse to the axis of the giant bed. The proportion of Rechteckdolmen in round hills (also oval ) increases in Schleswig -Holstein against the at Urdolmen from 20% to at least 27 %. The majority of outgoing hill matters worse, since Round Hill experience, lower traces as megaliths. In Mecklenburg- Vorpommern were only two of the 20 E. Schuldt studied " advanced Dolmen " in the round hill.

Additions

The Dolmentypen the Nordic Megalitharchitektur are accessible from a narrow side. Occasionally, a short walk from often only 1-2 pairs of stone and 1.0-1.5 m in length is placed in front of the chamber. Even in undisturbed plants it is often so short that it the bezel stones of the giant bed and the round hill not reached and only forms the entrance hall to the chamber. The rim of the giant bed is where one would expect a gap closed, so that the stone in question would have to be eliminated in the enclosure to reach the Dolmen. In Denmark and Sweden, may, particularly in the hills round there frequent, be much longer.

Dissemination

The usually about two meters long, sometimes even more than three meters in length and width from 0.9 m to 1.5 m reach Rechteckdolmen, continues the already incipient in the Urdolmen tendency to increase the interior space. With about 145 chambers will be available at Dolmen in Schleswig- Holstein on the top of all types. It occurs throughout the coastal area and on the East Frisian Islands and reached over the distribution area south of Lake Plön the Elbe, where he is also south of the river represented in Lower Saxony. In Mecklenburg- Vorpommern 54 Advanced dolmens are obtained. Your one-time inventory is estimated at 98.

Rechteckdolmen occur in hunebeds as multiple incorporation. While up to five dolmens are in Denmark ( barrows Stenbjerggård ), in Germany the facilities of Waabs in the district of Rendsburg -Eckernförde with three Rechteckdolmen and in Kampen on Sylt with three Polygonaldolmen in common barrow known (both in Schleswig Holstein). A larger number of megaliths, but also a few round hills, have two dolmens.