Excavated dolmen in Sweden one of the oldest in Scandinavia

Last summer, archaeologists from Gothenburg University and Kiel University excavated a dolmen, a stone burial chamber, in Tiarp near Falköping in Sweden. The archaeologists judge that the grave has remained untouched since the Stone Age. First analysis results now confirm that the grave in Tiarp is one of the oldest stone burial chambers in Sweden.

“It’s an early grave which dates to the Early Neolithic period, about 3500 BCE,” says archaeologist Karl-Göran Sjögren. However, the odd thing is that parts of the skeletons of the people buried are missing.

Taniwha420, (edited )

Funnel beaker culture then? The dolman points to that as well as the date, I think.

I don’t know though. I just like prehistory.

EDIT: No mention of grave goods, though the article mentions that the dolman is not typical of the passage graves found around 200 years later.

I find this region fascinating because it lies on the outskirts of the Neolithic farmer expansion (and other explanations from the East), so the arising culture seems to be more of a conversation between new cultures and preexisting cultures.

The megalithic neolithic Atlantic culture that seems to stretch from Portugal to Scandinavia is fascinating too.

Zombiepirate,
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Got any good book recommendations to learn more?

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