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Submitted by Harald_Platta on Sunday, 24 May 2015  Page Views: 1571

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Albaxen Cairn
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 3.781 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Höxter
Latitude: 51.809993N  Longitude: 9.389953E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Albaxen Cairn
Albaxen Cairn submitted by Harald_Platta : Opened cairn shown in the LWL-Museum für Archäologie in Herne. The cairn was found in Höxter-Albaxen and contained a flexed skeleton. © Platta 2015 (Vote or comment on this photo)
The cairn was discovered in Albaxen, a suburb of Höxter (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) in 2000. It dates from the early Bronze Age (ca. 1800 – 1200 BC). The cairn contained an inhumation burial.

The skeleton was found in a flexed position, reminiscent of a sleeping pose. The head was oriented to the south.
Because no grave goods were found, it is assumed, that the cairn was enough to indicate the high social position of the buried man.

Today, nothing can be seen at the original site anymore (see coordinates at the top of the page). The opened cairn and the flexed skeleton are displayed in the LWL-Museum für Archäologie in Herne.

Text References:
[01] Berenger, D.: Die Frühbronzezeit in Westfalen. In: Archäologie in Ostwestfalen 5 (2000).
[02] LWL (Hrsg.): Neujahrsgruß 2001. Jahresbericht für 2000. Westfälisches Museum für Archäologie / Amt für Bodendenkmalpflege, Münster und Altertumskommission für Westfalen (2001).

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Albaxen Cairn
Albaxen Cairn submitted by Harald_Platta : Rear side of the cairn shown in the LWL-Museum für Archäologie in Herne. The cairn was found in Höxter-Albaxen and contained a flexed skeleton. © Platta 2015 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Albaxen Cairn by Harald_Platta on Monday, 25 May 2015
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Please note, that the cairn has been removed from its original location (in Höxter-Albaxen) and is now displayed in the collection of the LWL-Archäologie Museum Herne.
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