grave mound

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grave mound - (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

hill, mound - structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"

archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures

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grave mound

n → Grabhügel m

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Other high-status graves with feather and down include the Gokstad ship burial and the Gronhaug grave mound in Norway and the Jellinge and Mamman burials in Denmark (Shetelig, 1912).

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According to the woman, the earth suddenly moved on the grave mound and a hand shot out from the ground in a scene reminiscent of the Stephen King horror movie Carrie.

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The tumulus, or ancient grave mound, is now in the middle of an urbanized area, but its restoration has been carefully maintained.

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Among well-known examples, the Lyrical Ballads volume includes "The Thorn," with its central image of the child's grassy grave mound, and the "Boy of Winander" (later incorporated into Book 5 of The Prelude).

Marking the unmarked: an epitaphic preoccupation in nineteenth-century Australian poetry

An underground cave dwelling, covering a grave mound, houses Rosa.

Rosa. (Fiction)

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