Chamber tomb
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A chamber tomb is a
, the chambers could also serve as places for storage of the dead from one family or social group and were often used over long periods for multiple burials.Most the chamber tombs were constructed from large stones or
Grave goods
are a common characteristic of chamber tomb burials.
In
megalithic tombs
. Chamber tombs are often distinguished by the layout of their chambers and entrances or the shape and material of the structure that covered them, either an earth barrow or stone cairn. A wide variety of local types has been identified, and some designs appear to have influenced others.
Types and examples
General terms:
- Chambered cairn
- Chambered long barrow
- Cromlechs, Hunebedden
- Corbelled tomb
- Chamber tumulus
- Gallery grave including:
- Allées couvertes
- Court cairn
- Giants' grave
- Naveta
- the Peak District tomb group
- Severn-Cotswoldor Cotswold-Severn tomb
- Transepted gallery grave
- Wedge-shaped gallery grave
- Entrance grave such as
- Portal dolmen
- Scillonian entrance grave
- Passage grave including:
- The tholos tombs of Mycenaean Greece.
- Mycenaean chamber tomb
- V-shaped passage grave
- Cruciform passage grave
- Clava cairn
- The
- Other types:
- Domus de Janas
- Dysser
- Medway tomb
- Shaft and chamber tomb
See also
Further reading
- Chen, X. (2015). Eastern Han (AD 25-220) Tombs in Sichuan. Archaeopress Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-78491-216-1.
- Daniel, G. E. (2013). The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-69762-1.
- Piccolo, Salvatore (2013). Ancient Stones: The Prehistoric Dolmens of Sicily. Thornham, UK: Brazen Head. ISBN 978-0-9565106-2-4.
- Turner, D. R. (2020). Grave Reminders: Comparing Mycenaean Tomb Building with Labour and Memory. Sidestone Press. ISBN 978-90-8890-983-2.
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