The Reconstructed Megalithic Tomb in Germany – History Blog

After more than a decade of excavation, investigation and research, the boulders of Neolithic tombs on the Kusterberg Mountain near Holdenslerben in central Germany were rebuilt when they were first built 5,500 years ago.

The Saxony-Anhalt region has the highest concentration of boulder tombs in Central Europe, while the Holdens Forest has the largest number. The Küsterberg boulder tomb is located in the southwest field of Haldensleben. Archaeological excavations in 2010, 2012 and 2013 revealed new insights into its construction and uses over the millennium, initially designed and how it could be changed through human hands and time.

First, Custerberg’s tomb has a burial room on the 36-foot-long side. It is seven capstones and 19 opposing plates (upright stones). The gap between the correctors is filled with dry masonry, as is the floor of the tomb chamber. The tomb is surrounded by 16 boulders, six and a half feet apart from each other, forming a wall about 53 feet and 17 feet wide. The gap between the large stones is also filled with the same dry masonry masonry as the correction and burial rooms. The builder balanced a small hill in front of the grave and used the earth to transfer the grave hills and hills.

The tomb has been used for more than 2,000 years and funerals have been added through the entrance to the central middle hills. Then, about 3,000 years ago, during the transition from the late Bronze Age to the early Iron Age, the graves changed drastically. The mound was partially removed and 16 megapixels of the fence were removed. There is evidence that graves were used even after modification. The last trace of the date of active use is the pre-Roman Iron Age (600-200 B.C.).

There are these details about prehistoric monuments in the city of Haldensleben, in collaboration with archaeologists from the Office of Preservation and Archaeology of the State Saxony-Anhalt State Monument Preservation and Archaeology, volunteers and heavy machinery, rearrange the fallen stones, partly part of its original post. A huge earth mover and crane lifted the walls and goat stones up its original position. Dry stone walls were rebuilt by hand. The burial room was filled with gravel and the entrance was sealed by stones.

The reconstructed Kusterberg Boulder Tomb opened on April 27 and is now a circular on Haldensleben and 25 miles of cycling paths “4 million years in human history”. It has also been added to the European Megalith Culture Project, which incorporates dozens of Megalith tombs in Germany, Denmark, England, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The project is a platform for museums, heritage organizations and archaeological parks that display these graves to visitors, a great terrain and cultural landmark that our ancient ancestors believed to have lasted for thousands of years.