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Great Dolmen of Dwasieden

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

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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
Megaliths in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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