Nordic megalith architecture
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 120 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5142-7209-9
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nordic megalith architecture emerged in northern Europe predominantly between 3500 and 2800 B. C. It was primarily a product of the Funnelbeaker culture. Amongst its researchers, Ewald Schuldt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern excavated between 1964 and 1974 over 100 sites of different types (simple dolmens, extended dolmens – also called rectangular dolmens – passage graves, great dolmens, chamberless stone enclosures and stone cists. In addition, there are polygonal dolmens and e.g. types that emerged later: the Grabkiste and Rose. This nomenclature, which is specifically derived from the German, is not used in Scandinavia where these sites are categorised by other, more general, terms, as dolmens (Dysser, Doser), passage graves (Ganggrifter, J?ttestuen) and stone cists (Hellekister, Hallkista). Neolithic monuments are a feature of the culture and ideology of Neolithic communities. Their appearance and function serves as an indicator of their...