Burial mound

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Burial mounds are raised earthen structures created for the purpose of burying of the dead.

Pre-Roman burial mounds in Europe

Burial mounds or tumuli are pre-Roman features of the European landscape. In their undamaged state they appear as small, man-made hillocks, though many examples have been damaged by ploughing or deliberately damaged so that little visible evidence remains.

Sometimes, burial mounds are quite complex structures with internal chambers. The bodies of important or wealthy people, together with grave goods were placed in such graves out of respect or for religious reasons.

See also burial

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Burial_mound" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_mound, used under the GNU Free Documentation License