Sømarkedyssen is a
neolithic megalithic tomb located near on the
Danish
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People
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* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
island of
Møn
Møn () is an island in south-eastern Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, it was a municipality in its own right but it is now part of the municipality of Vordingborg, after merging with the former municipalities of Langebæk, Præstø, and Vordingbo ...
Dating back to approximately
3400 BC
The 34th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 3400 BC to 3301 BC.
Cultures
*Stage IIIa2 of the Naqada culture in Egypt (dated in 1998).
*Archaic forms of cuneiform emerge in the late Uruk period in Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia ...
, the tomb consists of an octagonal chamber. A big boulder serves as a capstone, supported by seven load-bearing stones. Leading to the burial chamber, the corridor is covered with a smaller boulder, supported by four stones, whose upper surface has more than 180 bowl-shaped carvings dating from the
Bronze Age.
[Johannes Müller: ''Neolithische Monumente und neolithische Gesellschaften.'' In: Hans-Jürgen Beier, Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (Hrsg.): ''Varia neolithica VI. Neolithische Monumente und neolithische Gesellschaften. Beiträge der Sitzung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neolithikum während der Jahrestagung des Nordwestdeutschen Verbandes für Altertumsforschung e.V. in Schleswig, 9.–10. Oktober 2007'' (= ''Beiträge zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte Mitteleuropas.'' Bd. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, , p. 15.]
File:Sømarkedyssen.jpg, Stendysse Sømarke
File:Megalithanlage Sømarkedyssen.jpg, Sømarkedyssen
Context
A total of 119 megalithic tombs of the neolithic period are known on the 231 square kilometers of the Møn and
Bogø islands, of which 38 have been conserved and protected, and 21 were from the
Beaker culture which, like polygonal dolmens, emerged towards 3500-2800 BC.
See also
*
Megaliths
*
passage tomb
*
Grønsalen
Grønsalen or Grønjægers Høj is located near Fanefjord Church on the Danish island of Møn. Some 100 metres long and 10 metres wide, it is Denmark's largest long barrow and is widely recognised as one of Europe's outstanding ancient monuments ...
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Klekkende Høj
Klekkende Høj is a megalithic tomb on the island of Møn in Denmark. It takes its name from its location near the village of Klekkende. "Høj" stems from the Old Norse word ''haugr'' (Swedish "hög"), meaning hill, mound or barrow.
Burial mound ...
Bibliography
* Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: ''Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid''. Politiken, Kopenhagen 2002, , p. 217.
*
Peter V. Glob: ''Vorzeitdenkmäler Dänemarks.'' Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968.
References
Archaeological sites in Vordingborg Municipality
Megalithic monuments in Denmark
Neolithic sites of Europe
Tombs
Bronze Age sites in Europe
Dolmens
Møn
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