Use for piles of earth erected over grave sites; for piles of stones built over grave sites, use "cairns"; for piles of earth used generally and not over burials, use "mounds."
AAT
30005903
barrows
barrows, long
conical mounds
kurgans
long barrows
mounds, burial
mounds, conical
tumuli
13yrs ago
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