Tag:archaeological_site=tumulus
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Tumulus - a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. ![]() |
Group: historic |
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A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Alternative names for a tumulus are barrow, burial mound, kurgan or kofun (in Northeast Asia, see Wikipedia).
How to map
Set a node or draw as an area
along the outline and tag it with
historic=archaeological_site
archaeological_site=tumulus
name=*
- often also Tumulus, Barrow or Mound is used as part of the name These shouldn't be used as name itself, see Names#Name_is_the_name_onlyfield=yes
- some graveyards consist of a number of tumuli. To avoid mapping all of them, the field tag can be used as an option.tumulus=*
- type of tumulus (see the table below)
Tags to use in combination
wikipedia=*
- a link to Wikipedia's article about the featurewikidata=*
- an ID of the specific Wikidata itemhistoric:civilization=*
(or more precise subtags) - the civilization (culture) that originally created the featuretourism=attraction
- if it is a tourist attraction.heritage=*
- if it is registered by an official heritage organisation.
Sub-types of tumuli in use
tumulus=value |
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round_tomb |
Circular mound or cropmark on satellite view. Easily confused with a fortification_type=ringfort or fortification_type=motte . |
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mound |
Mound of undefined shape. | |
round_barrow |
![]() In the UK, ususally historic:period=bronze-age |
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ring-barrow |
![]() fortification_type=ringfort on satellite view |
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keyhole_tomb |
![]() Kofuns in Japan a special type of keyhole tombs. Example in Japan |
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goulet |
![]() Example in Algeria |
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platform |
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crater |
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antenna_tomb |
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crescent_tomb |
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See also
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archaeological_site=megalith
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megalith_type=passage_grave
- Passage grave
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archaeological_site=megalith
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megalith_type=long_barrow
- Long barrow
Further reading
- Tumulus expedition report from the Sahara desert with diagrams of tumuli
- Nick Brooks et al.: Funerary sites in the «Free Zone»: Report on the second and third seasons of fieldwork of the Western Sahara Project, in: SAHARA 17/2006.