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Großsteingrab at Barnstorf-Bremen Enclosure

Barnstorf Megalith · Recker Feld Hunebed

Middle Neolithic·Funnel Beaker (TRB) — Emsland Group·🇩🇪 Lower Saxony, Diepholz, Germany

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About Großsteingrab at Barnstorf-Bremen Enclosure

TRB passage grave at Barnstorf (c. 3500 BCE), Emsland-type hunebed 22 m long enclosure with chamber and cup-marked capstone, in Lower Saxon plain. Excavated 19th century with funnel beakers and amber.

Why it mattersSouthern Emsland group example near Bremen frontier.

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Mysteries & theories

Mysteries

  1. 01Emsland vs Oldenburg TRB variance
  2. 02Amber trade

Theories

  1. 01Lowland TRB territorial marker
  2. 02River plain settlement cemetery

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

History

How it came to be

Built
c. 3500 BCE
Period
Middle Neolithic
Culture
Funnel Beaker (TRB) — Emsland Group
Purpose
Collective burial
Rediscovered
Modern excavation 19th–20th century
Excavation
Excavated

  1. c. 3500 BCE

    Initial construction / first occupation at Großsteingrab at Barnstorf-Bremen Enclosure

  2. 19th century / 1960s

    Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Großsteingrab at Barnstorf-Bremen Enclosure

  3. 2000s

    Conservation and publication of final reports for Großsteingrab at Barnstorf-Bremen Enclosure

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Structures & features

52.7050° N · 8.5030° E · 45 m · 3 mapped features

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