56 Megalithic Tomb in Klecken
Monumental megalithic tombs still characterise the northern German landscape today. Experiments have shown that up to 30 men were needed to move one of the huge boulders from which the megalithic tombs were built. The Klecken grave is a so-called passage grave. The actual burial chamber was located in the 48 m long and 6 m wide long mound enclosed by 76 upright boulders. It was 6 m long and 1.5 m wide and accessible from the outside through a low, narrow passage. The dead were buried here for several generations.
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Megalithic Tomb (Model)
Age: 4000 - 2800 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.
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Location: Klecken