Lohra Gallery Grave
Steinkammergrab von Lohra · Lohra Wartberg Grave
Late Neolithic·Wartberg·🇩🇪 Hesse, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Germany
About
About Lohra Gallery Grave
Wartberg culture gallery grave (c. 3000 BCE) at Lohra, Hesse, 20 m long gallery with sandstone orthostats, perforated door-stone and collective burials for ~20 individuals. Noted for ceramic assemblage and early copper find.
Why it mattersClassic Wartberg gallery grave with rich burial inventory including funnel beakers.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Wartberg vs TRB interaction
- 02Copper import route
Theories
- 01Lineage collective tomb reused generations
- 02Elite burial for Lohra settlement cluster
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic
- Culture
- Wartberg
- Purpose
- Collective gallery tomb
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 19th–20th century
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Lohra Gallery Grave
19th century / 1960s
Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Lohra Gallery Grave
2000s
Conservation and publication of final reports for Lohra Gallery Grave
On the ground
Structures & features
50.7400° N · 8.6300° E · 210 m · 3 mapped features
Perforated Door-Stone
door stoneSemicircular sandstone slab with 40 cm circular hole forming gallery entrance
50.7402° N · 8.6301° ESouthern Chamber Section
chamber5 m southern section with collective inhumations and pottery deposits
50.7399° N · 8.6299° ENorthern Capstone Scatter
capstone3 displaced capstones 1.5×2 m on northern tumulus edge
50.7402° N · 8.6301° E