The Urnfield culture which succeeded the Tumulus culture is also represented at the site.
This culture was named after its method of burial as well, the burial of cremated remains in urnfields.
An urnfield cemetery with 940 graves dating to the early Iron Age lies between the megalithic tomb and the tumulus tomb.
The graves are covered by heterogeneous stone pavement of up to four meters in diameter next to a standing stone.
Circles of small stelae surround the graves and probably served to mark the graves and to protect the earthenware vessels.
Occasionally, the cremated remains lay in a small stone box.
Mainly adults were buried here, it was mostly women whose urns lay under the cobblestone pavement.
The Urnfield culture which succeeded the Tumulus culture is also represented at the site. This culture was named after its method of burial as well, the burial of cremated remains in urnfields. An urnfield cemetery with 940 graves dating to the early Iron Age lies between the megalithic tomb and the tumulus tomb. The graves are covered by heterogeneous stone pavement of up to four meters in diameter next to a standing stone. Circles of small stelae surround the graves and probably served to mark the graves and to protect the earthenware vessels. Occasionally, the cremated remains lay in a small stone box. Mainly adults were buried here, it was mostly women whose urns lay under the cobblestone pavement.
Necropolis of Soderstorf