151 Hamburg-Neugraben-Fischbek
In Fischbeker Heide, many graves from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages can still be seen today. The deeply engraved cup comes from a Stone Age megalithic grave. However, the cup was probably not given to a deceased person as a burial gift, but was used by the survivors at a funeral meal and then left at the grave. The cup only regained its original shape through the work of the restorers, who filled in missing parts with plaster.
Info: Showcase 151
Cup (deep-stitched)
Age: 4.200 - 2.800 v. Chr. Neolithic period
Neolithic period: In the Neolithic period, people began for the first time to actively shape and change their environment: sedentarisation was one of the essential prerequisites for civilisational progress. Farmers cleared forests for their settlements, fields and for keeping livestock. They built their farms out of wooden posts, wattle and daub and clay. Cattle, pigs, goats and sheep are recorded as domestic animals. The diet of the people was now enriched by cereals such as wheat and barley, which were cultivated on farmland.
Material: Ceramics
Location: HH-Fischbek