TRB megalithic tombs and long barrows in central Europe

Abstract

In general, most Funnel-necked Beaker Culture (TRB) dolmens, passage graves, and long unchambered barrows were roughly oriented along the east-west axis with deviations located within the solar arc and out to the lunar major standstill limits. Though TRB sites are dispersed in North European Plain and southern Scandinavia and their locations are adapted to the local environment, it appears that some similar worldview and calendrical concepts were laid at the roots of their setting and alignment.