Langdyssen at Ormstrup: Grave goods and skeletons from the Funnel Beaker culture
The site is dated to the first part of the Neolithic period - also known as the Funnel Beaker Culture (3500-2800 BC). An excavation in 1957 found the bones of at least three people and a large number of grave goods. In front of the dolmen there were sacrificial traces with several clay vessels and flint axes.
The Funnel Beaker culture represents a transitional period from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to more permanent settlements and agriculture. This transition marks an inevitable change in our prehistory, leading to a more stable diet and the development of more complex societies.
People settled in small clearings in the forest, often near the coast or wetlands. Stone Age farmers cleared and burned woodland and grew cereals such as wheat and barley. They kept animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs, and collected wild seeds and plants. Although they farmed, hunting and fishing were still important to the community.
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