Hartberg Megalithic Tomb

The Hartberg megalithic tomb is an archaeological site of the late Neolithic Age, near Schankweiler and about 10 kilometres south-west of Bitburg, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany [1]. The site, on the western slope of the Hartberg north of Schankweiler, dates from around 3000 BC [1]. Bones and pottery sherds were found in the tomb, and flint knives, flint arrowheads and pottery sherds were discovered outside; these suggested a date of about 3000 BC [1]. There was a small beaker in the tomb, with "barbed-wire" decoration, of the early Bronze Age, suggesting that the site was in use, perhaps with interruptions, for around 1,000 years [1]. Slabs from the tomb were later used in the early Iron Age to build a house nearby [1].