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The Necropolis of Soderstorf is a prehistoric cemetery in the valley of the Luhe river valley near Soderstorf in the Lüneburg district of Lower Saxony, Germany.[1]

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  1. 27 relations: Arm ring, Bronze Age, Corded Ware culture, Ernst Sprockhoff, Flat grave, Funnelbeaker culture, Germany, Grave goods, Iron Age, Lüneburg (district), Lower Saxony, Luhe (Ilmenau), Megalith, Menhir, Necropolis, Neolithic, Nordic megalith architecture, Palstave, Prehistory, Soderstorf, Stele, Stone circle, Treetrunk coffin, Tumulus, Tumulus culture, Urn, Urnfield culture.

  2. 1883 archaeological discoveries
  3. Archaeology of Lower Saxony
  4. Buildings and structures completed in the 4th millennium BC
  5. Corded Ware culture
  6. Funnelbeaker culture
  7. Prehistoric sites in Germany
  8. Tumulus culture
  9. Urnfield culture

Arm ring

An arm ring, also known as an armlet or an armband, is a band of metal, usually a precious metal, worn as jewelry or an ornament around the biceps of the upper arm.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Corded Ware culture

The Corded Ware culture comprises a broad archaeological horizon of Europe between – 2350 BC, thus from the late Neolithic, through the Copper Age, and ending in the early Bronze Age.

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Ernst Sprockhoff

Ernst Sprockhoff (6 August 1892 – 1 October 1967) was a German prehistorian and inventor of the Sprockhoff numbering system for megalithic monuments in Germany.

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Flat grave

A flat grave is a burial in a simple oval or rectangular pit.

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Funnelbeaker culture

The Funnel(-neck-)beaker culture, in short TRB or TBK (Trichter(-rand-)becherkultur, Trechterbekercultuur; Tragtbægerkultur), was an archaeological culture in north-central Europe.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Grave goods

Grave goods, in archaeology and anthropology, are items buried along with a body.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Lüneburg (district)

Lüneburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state in northwestern Germany.

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Luhe (Ilmenau)

The Luhe is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Megalith

A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.

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Menhir

A menhir (from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age.

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Necropolis

A necropolis (necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. Necropolis of Soderstorf and necropolis are necropoleis.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Nordic megalith architecture

Nordic megalith architecture is an ancient architectural style found in Northern Europe, especially Scandinavia and North Germany, that involves large slabs of stone arranged to form a structure. Necropolis of Soderstorf and Nordic megalith architecture are Funnelbeaker culture.

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Palstave

A palstave is a type of early bronze axe.

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Prehistory

Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.

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Soderstorf

Soderstorf is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Stele

A stele,From Greek στήλη, stēlē, plural στήλαι stēlai; the plural in English is sometimes stelai based on direct transliteration of the Greek, sometimes stelae or stelæ based on the inflection of Greek nouns in Latin, and sometimes anglicized to steles.) or occasionally stela (stelas or stelæ) when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument.

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Stone circle

A stone circle is a ring of standing stones.

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Treetrunk coffin

A treetrunk coffin is a coffin hollowed out of a single massive log.

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Tumulus

A tumulus (tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

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Tumulus culture

The Tumulus culture (German: ''Hügelgräberkultur'') was the dominant material culture in Central Europe during the Middle Bronze Age (1600 to 1300 BC).

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Urn

An urn is a vase, often with a cover, with a typically narrowed neck above a rounded body and a footed pedestal.

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Urnfield culture

The Urnfield culture was a late Bronze Age culture of Central Europe, often divided into several local cultures within a broader Urnfield tradition.

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See also

1883 archaeological discoveries

Archaeology of Lower Saxony

Buildings and structures completed in the 4th millennium BC

Corded Ware culture

Funnelbeaker culture

Prehistoric sites in Germany

Tumulus culture

Urnfield culture

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necropolis_of_Soderstorf