Megalithic tombs found in western Poland

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http://archaeology.org/news/4228-160302-poland-megalithic-tombs

The tombs, described as "pyramid like", were built by the funnel beaker people.

"SZCZECIN, POLAND—Researchers from the University of Szczecin have discovered previously unknown megalithic tombs in western Poland. Such tombs, built by the Funnel Beaker Culture between the fifth and third millenniums B.C., are generally triangular in shape and surrounded with stone blocks. “For our analyses we used the project ISOK (National Protection Computer System Against Extraordinary Threats),” Agnieszka Matuszewska told Science & Scholarship in Poland. The information from a geographic information system, airborne laser scanning technology, and 3-D mapping helped the team to spot potential sites and known sites in wooded areas. “The area near Dolic is undoubtedly the most interesting, we have selected at least a dozen potential megalithic tombs. In the course of verification in the field we have clearly confirmed the presence of 18 Kujawy type megalithic tombs, a much higher number than previously known from the literature,” Matuszewska said. The technology can also assist archaeologists with identifying endangered monuments. “This is particularly important considering the aspect of the protection and conservation of forest areas, in particular the protection of monuments with their own landscape forms,” she explained"

If this is them, they don't look very pyramid like to me.

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both these dolmens and megaliths in Atlantic France + British Isles may be related with arrival of oxens as draught animals
also social stratification becomes more apparant
 
At least it seems confirming the partly North Atlantic megalithic imput in Funnelbeaker so far North-East as Poland, being not an exception. The proximity of South Scandinavian Gökhem man to Neolithic Iberians doesn't come in contradiction to it. I don't know what heritage they lost among today Poland population?
 

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