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61: 426:) or a secondary hall and then filled the graves in. He thus concluded that there were close links between the builders of the megalithic sites, the Funnelbeaker culture and members of the Globular Amphora culture. By contrast, the burials of the Single Grave culture always took place in the upper part of the earth fill ( 438:
In developing an architecture that was suited in terms of building material and shape to the significance of the cult sites, the builders of these megalithic tombs only had available to them the raw materials of glacial deposits. These materials, particularly the large stones and boulders of the
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in Berlin and the Museum of Prehistory and Early History at Schwerin a total of 106 of 1145 detectable megalithic were excavated from 1965 to 1970 and the graves that were found were documented and classified. The figures show the numbers of various types for the three former
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were not clearly separated from one another, Schuldt did not specifically refer to them as secondary burials. The Globular Amphora culture is found in one simple dolmen, in 2 large chambers, in 10 extended dolmens, 12 passage graves and 17 great dolmens.
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Due to their technical designs, Schuldt concluded that the monuments were built under "the supervision of a specialist or group of specialists", the so-called "construction unit theory" (
178: 166: 154: 443:, were selected and worked in order to build the sites. It was difficult therefore to overcome the variability of the raw materials in terms of quality and quantity. 622: 415:, are found in 2 simple dolmens, 5 extended dolmens, 12 great dolmens and 7 passage graves. In addition there were 9 complexes assessed as belonging to the 17: 216:
Based on the different distributions of the types of megalithic tomb, Schuldt later divided northeastern Germany into six neolithic landscape types:
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had no clear centre of gravity in terms of their distribution. They were very much a Danish-Schleswig-Swedish phenomenon.
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Ewald Schuldt realised that the Funnelbeaker and Globular Amphora cultures buried their dead in the main chamber hall (
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As part of a joint venture between the Institute of Prehistory and Early History of the
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Die mecklenburgischen Megalithgräber. Untersuchungen zu ihrer Architektur und Funktion
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Beiträge zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte der Bezirke Rostock, Schwerin und Neubrandenburg
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deduced that the excavated megalithic sites were constructed by followers of the
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Die Megalithgräber von Hagestad. Zur Problematik von Grabbauten und Grabriten
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in the course of a project to excavate megalithic tombs from the
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In doing so it utilised a classification by 376:, from which Ewald Schuldt assessed that the 623:Archaeology of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 148: 541:Megalith sites in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 528:Otto Gehl in Ewald Schuldt, 1972, p. 114 176: 164: 152: 64:Dolmen and passage grave (with quarters) 59: 14: 605: 181:Number of tombs by type in the former 169:Number of tombs by type in the former 157:Number of tombs by type in the former 474:, 1938, cited in Schuldt 1972, p. 10 32:megalithic monuments in northeastern 18:Types of Mecklenburg megalithic tomb 562:Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften 419:(also called the Elb-Havel Group). 269:In the lake district of the former 24: 25: 649: 534: 266:Extended or rectangular dolmens 68: 613:Megalithic monuments in Germany 328:In the southeast of the former 290:In the northeast of the former 250:In the northwest of the former 231:In the southwest of the former 191:East German Academy of Sciences 522: 513: 504: 495: 486: 477: 461: 452: 372:) was dated to the end of the 13: 1: 546: 596:Acta Archaeologica Lundensia 472:Die nordische Megalithkultur 7: 433: 352: 49:. His aim was to provide a 10: 654: 446: 73:Schuldt listed six types: 407:Secondary burials of the 638:Globular Amphora culture 411:, which followed in the 393:Globular Amphora culture 387:In 43 graves there were 305:with draught excluders ( 598:. Series in 8°. No. 9). 368:); one collared flask ( 149:Geographic distribution 380:was a primary burial ( 211:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 186: 174: 162: 65: 37:were last compiled by 586:. Habelt, Bonn 1971, 196:East German districts 180: 168: 156: 131:Hünenbett ohne Kammer 63: 30:The various types of 628:History of Pomerania 618:Funnelbeaker culture 510:Schuldt 1972, p. 71. 501:Schuldt 1972, p. 106 492:Schuldt 1972, p. 106 409:Single Grave culture 401:Funnelbeaker culture 362:Funnelbeaker culture 519:Schuldt 1972, p. 89 483:Schuldt 1972, p. 14 458:Schuldt 1972, p. 13 378:archaeological find 287:with ante-chambers 332:of Neubrandenburg 294:of Neubrandenburg 187: 175: 163: 66: 633:Neolithic Germany 417:Havelland culture 389:secondary burials 340:polygonal dolmens 336: 335: 312:On the island of 228:without chambers 185:of Neubrandenburg 94:erweiterte Dolmen 27:Dipankar Chongder 16:(Redirected from 645: 564:, Berlin, 1972 ( 529: 526: 520: 517: 511: 508: 502: 499: 493: 490: 484: 481: 475: 468:Ernst Sprockhoff 465: 459: 456: 441:glacial erratics 397:Middle Neolithic 273:of Schwerin and 219: 218: 55:Ernst Sprockhoff 21: 653: 652: 648: 647: 646: 644: 643: 642: 603: 602: 601: 580:Märta Strömberg 549: 537: 532: 527: 523: 518: 514: 509: 505: 500: 496: 491: 487: 482: 478: 466: 462: 457: 453: 449: 436: 374:Early Neolithic 355: 347:Bautrupptheorie 151: 90:extended dolmen 71: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 651: 641: 640: 635: 630: 625: 620: 615: 600: 599: 577: 550: 548: 545: 544: 543: 536: 535:External links 533: 531: 530: 521: 512: 503: 494: 485: 476: 460: 450: 448: 445: 435: 432: 413:Late Neolithic 382:Erstbestattung 354: 351: 334: 333: 326: 321: 317: 316: 310: 300: 296: 295: 288: 282: 278: 277: 275:Neubrandenburg 267: 264: 260: 259: 248: 246:Passage graves 243: 239: 238: 229: 223: 207:Neubrandenburg 150: 147: 146: 145: 134: 119: 108: 97: 86: 70: 67: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 650: 639: 636: 634: 631: 629: 626: 624: 621: 619: 616: 614: 611: 610: 608: 597: 593: 592:3-7749-0195-3 589: 585: 581: 578: 575: 571: 567: 563: 559: 555: 554:Ewald Schuldt 552: 551: 542: 539: 538: 525: 516: 507: 498: 489: 480: 473: 469: 464: 455: 451: 444: 442: 431: 429: 425: 420: 418: 414: 410: 405: 402: 398: 394: 390: 385: 383: 379: 375: 371: 370:Kragenflasche 367: 363: 359: 358:Ewald Schuldt 350: 348: 343: 341: 331: 327: 325: 322: 319: 318: 315: 311: 308: 304: 303:Great dolmens 301: 298: 297: 293: 289: 286: 285:Great dolmens 283: 280: 279: 276: 272: 268: 265: 262: 261: 258:and Schwerin 257: 253: 249: 247: 244: 241: 240: 237: 235: 230: 227: 224: 221: 220: 217: 214: 212: 208: 204: 200: 197: 192: 184: 179: 172: 167: 160: 155: 143: 139: 135: 132: 128: 124: 120: 117: 113: 112:passage grave 109: 106: 102: 98: 95: 91: 87: 84: 80: 79:simple dolmen 76: 75: 74: 69:Naming scheme 62: 58: 56: 52: 48: 44: 43:Neolithic Era 40: 39:Ewald Schuldt 36: 33: 19: 595: 583: 565: 557: 524: 515: 506: 497: 488: 479: 471: 463: 454: 437: 427: 423: 421: 406: 386: 381: 369: 366:Grevesmühlen 356: 346: 344: 337: 329: 306: 291: 270: 251: 233: 226:Long barrows 215: 188: 182: 170: 158: 141: 130: 115: 104: 101:great dolmen 93: 82: 72: 50: 47:East Germany 29: 424:Kammerdiele 324:Stone cists 236:of Schwerin 173:of Schwerin 123:long barrow 607:Categories 547:Literature 161:of Rostock 142:Steinkiste 138:stone cist 125:without a 105:Großdolmen 574:0138-4279 428:Füllboden 338:Only the 434:Material 353:Cultures 307:Windfang 203:Schwerin 116:Ganggrab 83:Urdolmen 447:Sources 391:by the 271:Bezirke 256:Rostock 252:Bezirke 199:Rostock 127:chamber 35:Germany 590:  572:  330:Bezirk 292:Bezirk 234:Bezirk 183:Bezirk 171:Bezirk 159:Bezirk 568:. 6, 314:Rügen 588:ISBN 570:ISSN 384:). 205:and 136:the 121:the 110:the 99:the 88:the 77:the 349:). 254:of 609:: 582:: 576:). 560:. 556:: 470:: 320:F 309:) 299:E 281:D 263:C 242:B 222:A 213:. 201:, 594:( 144:) 140:( 133:) 129:( 118:) 114:( 107:) 103:( 96:) 92:( 85:) 81:( 20:)

Index

Types of Mecklenburg megalithic tomb
megalithic monuments in northeastern
Germany
Ewald Schuldt
Neolithic Era
East Germany
Ernst Sprockhoff

simple dolmen
extended dolmen
great dolmen
passage grave
long barrow
chamber
stone cist



East German Academy of Sciences
East German districts
Rostock
Schwerin
Neubrandenburg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Long barrows
Bezirk of Schwerin
Passage graves
Rostock
Neubrandenburg
Great dolmens

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