Hunebed D13 at Eext
Eext D13 · Hunebed D13 Eexter Es
Middle Neolithic·Funnel Beaker West Group (TRB)·🇳🇱 Drenthe, Aa en Hunze, Netherlands
About
About Hunebed D13 at Eext
TRB West Group hunebed D13 at Eext (c. 3350 BCE), 18 m enclosure with 4 capstones on heath, one of 53 Drenthe hunebeds. Last covered hunebed with intact mound profile near Eexter Es, excavated van Giffen 1918.
Why it mattersOnly Drenthe hunebed retaining covering mound, key for TRB preservation study.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why D13 retained mound unlike others
- 02TRB social organization in Drenthe
Theories
- 01Family crypt for Eext settlement
- 02Heathland ritual focus
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. 3350 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Funnel Beaker West Group (TRB)
- Purpose
- Collective burial tomb
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 19th–20th century
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3350 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Hunebed D13 at Eext
19th century / 1960s
Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Hunebed D13 at Eext
2000s
Conservation and publication of final reports for Hunebed D13 at Eext
On the ground
Structures & features
53.0170° N · 6.7200° E · 18 m · 3 mapped features
Four Capstones (D13)
capstoneFour granite capstones 2–2.8 m spanning chamber length
53.0171° N · 6.7201° EMound Profile Remnant
moundEarthen mound 0.8 m high preserving TRB covering layer on north side
53.0169° N · 6.7199° EPortal Entrance Stones
portalPaired portal orthostats on southeast side marking entrance gap
53.0172° N · 6.7201° E