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<< Our Photo Pages >> Schafstädt Menhir-Statue - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Germany in Saxony-Anhalt

Submitted by Martin_L on Thursday, 31 May 2012  Page Views: 2453

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Schafstädt Menhir-Statue Alternative Name: Schafstädt Statuemenhir
Country: Germany
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Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Halle  Nearest Village: Schafstädt
Latitude: 51.381310N  Longitude: 11.775593E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Schafstädt Menhir-Statue
Schafstädt Menhir-Statue submitted by Megalithic89 : Schafstädt DE 01. Human-shaped stela with eyes, neck ornament, belt, and comb-shaped object between its hands. Coquina. 2`800 - 2`050 BC. Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Schafstädt. Photo taken November 2021 at this exhibition: Humans. Carved in stone. Exhibition at the Swiss National Museum Zurich. More details at the bottom of their main page. Upload with permission of the Swiss National ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Now located at Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle this small, but remarkable and well-preserved statue menhir was discovered in 1962 at Schafstädt. It dates back to neolithic age. The carvings include eyes, mouth, nose, brows, arms, hands, fingers, a kind of necklace and a comb-like object between the hands. All in all there is a great similarity to some statue menhirs known from France.

Height is 94cm. Just as the carved menhir of Langeneichstädt this menhir was reused as building material of a chambered tomb, but most likely originally standing.

Reference: Meller, H. (Hrsg) (2011): Bronzerausch: Spätneolithikum und Frühbronzezeit. Begleithefte zur Daueraustellung im Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle Bd. 4 Halle (Saale), 10.

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Re: Schafstädt Menhir-Statue by Martin_L on Thursday, 31 May 2012
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For further information and a photo see here:
http://www.museum-digital.de/nat/index.php?t=objekt&oges=25307
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