Polish Long-Mounds, Tumuli, & Megalithic Tombs: Chamber 2

Created March 5, 2000. November 24, 2000.

A Spatial Analysis of Megalithic Tombs ©

Long-Mounds (Earthen Long-Barrows), Tumuli and Megalithic Tombs in Poland.

Chamber 2

By
Maximilian O. Baldia

Introduction

· The tables were compiled and constitute part of the ca. 5000 Funnel Beaker culture tombs and German gallery-graves analyzed for the 1995 Ph. D. dissertation at the Anthropology Department, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

· The number of Polish tombs must be much higher. I have had no access to the national survey results of the 1990’s.

· No guarantee for accuracy is made.

· If you find any discrepancies, would like to add new information, have other comments, or would like to quote the contents, please contact Max Baldia.

Instructions

· To search for information in the tables press the CTRL and the F key simultaneously and type in the desired key word.

· To see the list of abbreviations click on Key to Abbreviations

Tomb Index
Location
Chamber 1
Chamber 2
Enclosure 1
Enclosure 2
Mounds
Illustrations
References

Related Links

Map of North and Central Europe

A Spatial Analysis of Megalithic Tombs

A Spatial Analysis of Megalithic Tombs: Bibliography

The Funnel Beaker Culture Chronology

Central and North European Chronology

Tomb C¹⁴Dates
Neolithic/Copper Age Link Index

Key to Abbreviations

Information on chamber ad grave construction is difficult to systematize. For the moment, the following paragraphs must suffice.

1. The long-mound of Kierzkowo 1, Znin, Bydgoszcz, Kujavia, has a megalithic enclosure and contains two narrow passage-graves. I have no dimensions for this tomb, although I have seen slides of the tomb, courtesy Dr. Jan Albert Bakker 1996. Bakker mentions this and a number of other tombs with multiple cists and/or megalithic chambers (cf. Bakker 1992:73-79). These tombs may be of Funnel Beaker or Globular Amphora culture origin and have not been cataloged as yet.

2. The long-mound of Wietrzychowice 2 (Table 1) has a megalithic to sub-megalithic enclosure and contains two extended burials, each in its own grave with rectilinear, sub-megalithic stone frame. (cf. Midgley 1992 Fig 30 45/2, Milisauskas 1978:171 Fig. 6.23).

Table 1

	ID_NO	TOPO	TOMBTYPE	TOMBNAME	TOWN	DISTRICT	COUNTY	STATE
260	8260.0	3579	NC2TRLN		Wietrzychowice	Kolo

Key to Abbreviations

Tomb Index
Location
Chamber 1
Chamber 2
Enclosure 1
Enclosure 2
Mounds
Illustrations
References