Tag:megalith_type=stećak
 megalith_type = stećak
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| Specifies megalithic gravestone from medieval Bosnia |
| Group: historic |
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| Status: proposed |
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A stećak=* is a monumental gravestone slab or megalith, weighing up to 32 tones, cut exclusively in Dinaric Karst limestone in variety of sizes and shapes which, however, followed ordered pattern, erected as a monument (tombstone) on top of the grave and mostly grouped in cemeteries or necropolises, but sometimes as tombstones for individual graves. At present there are more than 60 thousand individual 
stećak tombstones in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and another several thousands in border areas of neighboring countries, mostly in necropolises comprised of few to few hundreds of individual stones. A stećak has been used as early as beginning of the 12th century to as late as mid to late 16th, in some cases early 17th century, for funerals or commemorative purposes.
How to Map
Take a node 
at an individual location or draw an area 
in a stećak=stećak_necropolis or dense group in area and tag it.
- historic=archaeological_site
- archaeological_site=megalith
- megalith_type=stećak
- name=*
- stećak:stećak_necropolis=*
- stećak:stećak_count=*
- stećak:relocated=*
Tags to use in combination
- ref:kons=three- or four-digits number
- kons:inscription_date=*
- kons:decision_number=*
- material=limestone
- inscription=*
- heritage=* - megalith is registered by an official heritage organisation.
- moved=yes - if the megalith is not on his original location.
- tourism=* (tourism=attraction) - if the megalith is a tourist attraction.
- historic:civilization=* (or more precise subtags) - the civilization (culture) that originally created the feature
- wikidata=* - an ID of the specific Wikidata item about the memorial (if any)
- wikipedia=* - a link to Wikipedia's article about the feature
See also
- megalith_type=tholos - beehive megalithic tomb
- megalith_type=menhir - large upright standing stone
- megalith_type=alignment - stone row or stone alignment
- megalith_type=stone_circle - stone circle
- megalith_type=passage_grave - Passage grave
- megalith_type=nuraghe - ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia
- megalith_type=chamber - only fragments of the tomb are visible and the type can no longer be identified