Leubingen

An early Bronze Age chieftain's burial of the Unetice culture of Saxony, Germany. It consisted of a lean-to wooden mortuary chamber under a stone cairn, itself covered by a barrow. Inside was the burial of an extended elderly male and, placed at right angles across him, a second body, of an adolescent, perhaps female. Grave goods included a series of gold ornaments (pins, spirals, hair-rings, beads, earrings, and an arm-ring), bronze daggers, axes, halberds, and chisels; stone tools, and pottery.

An early Bronze Age chieftain’s burial of the Un£tice culture in Saxony, Germany. It consisted of a lean-to wooden mortuary chamber under a stone cairn, itself covered by a barrow c34 metres in diameter. Inside was the burial of an extended elderly male and, place at right angles across him, a second body, of an adolescent, perhaps female. This occurrence is sometimes interpreted as evidence for the practice of sati. Grave goods included a series of gold ornaments (pins, spirals, hair-rings and an armring), bronze daggers, axes and chisels, stone tools and pottery.