Genesis and Structure of the Hessian-Westphalian Megalithic Soest Group

该项目旨在探索Soest群体，该群体位于漏斗烧杯文化和Wartberg文化之间的接触区，两者都以竖立巨石而闻名。新发现的Erwitte-Schmerlecke集体墓葬的发掘，让人们对社会分化过程有了新的认识，这取决于两个社会对集体墓葬的完全不同的解释。人类学分析可以得出关于社会结构的结论。此外，将对索斯特群墓葬的邻近地区进行检查，以可能发现更多迄今为止未知的墓葬和相关的定居点。巨大的土方工程也是焦点，特别是关于它们与巨石墓的关系。最后，它打算重建黑森州-威斯特伐利亚巨石的坟墓和定居点景观。与优先方案的研究和成果相结合的跨学科方法有助于不仅对苏斯特集团，而且对德国高地北部边界的整个地区及其与西北巨石带的关系有一个实际的概览。

The project aims to explore the Soest Group, situated in the contact zone between the societies of the Funnel Beaker Culture and the Wartberg Culture, both known for erecting megaliths. The excavation of the newly-discovered collective tombs of Erwitte-Schmerlecke allows new insights into social differentiation processes, depending on both societies' completely different interpretations of burying in collective tombs. Anthropological analysis enables conclusions about social structures. Furthermore, the immediate vicinity of the Soest Group tombs is to be examined to possibly find more hitherto unknown tombs and associated settlement places. Monumental earthworks are also in focus, especially concerning their relation to the megalith tombs. Finally, it is intended to reconstruct a grave and settlement landscape in the Hessian-Westphalian Megalithic. An interdisciplinary approach in connection with research and results of the Priority Programme helps to get an actualized overview not only for the Soest Group but for the whole region of the northern border of the German Uplands and its relations to the north western megalithic zone.