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single grave Archæol. [f. single a. 17, 18: tr. Du. enkelgraf single grave.] A barrow-grave containing the remains of only one person. Freq. attrib., spec. (esp. with initial capitals) designating a culture characterized by individual burial which first flourished in northern Germany and Scandinavia during the later Neolithic Age, or representatives of this.
[1898S. Müller in Aarb. f. nord Oldk. 157 (heading) De jydske Enkeltgraver fra Stenalderen.] 1936J. G. D. Clark Mesolithic Settlement of Northern Europe ii. 73 The triangular-sectioned flake arrowhead..is abundant in passage-graves and occurs in single-graves. 1937E. V. Gordon tr. Shetelig & Falk's Scand. Arch. v. 66 It can be shown that the single-grave people, with their characteristic battle-axes and their own pottery, came from..central Europe. 1954S. Piggott Neolithic Cultures xii. 378 In Denmark the Single-grave invasion takes place after the LG IV marine transgression. 1955Univ. Lond. Inst. Archaeol. Ann. Rep. XI. 39 The discovery at Ohlenburg,..of a devolved Single-Grave beaker. 1957V. G. Childe Dawn Europ. Civilization (ed. 6) ix. 160 Archaeologically these graziers are known only by little cemeteries of barrows, and so they are termed the Single Grave folk. 1963S. Piggott in Foster & Alcock Culture & Environment iv. 60 Glasbergen and Van der Waals have shown the Single Grave element to be represented by their Footed Beakers, with an absolute date of c. 2200 B.C. 1970Bray & Trump Dict. Archaeol. 212/2 This [burial] rite..links the Single-Grave cultures with the great Corded Ware-Battleaxe complex. |