| 单词 | round barrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasround barrow round barrow n. Archaeology a prehistoric burial mound of roughly hemispherical form, usually of earth in contrast to a cairn built of stones. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > mound > of specific shape long barrow1724 round barrow1768 bell-barrow1812 bowl-barrow1812 disc barrow1871 horned cairn1877 ridge barrow1927 1768 B. Franklin in Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 113 In this country, are many barrows of a singular kind; they are long and generally large, narrow at the top more or less, and slant off at the sides and ends. They are single and solitary, seldom or never found, or intermingled with round barrows. 1869 J. Thurnam in Archaeologia 42 168 I propose to classify the barrows of this part of England according to the following scheme:..I. Long Barrows. (Stone period)... II. Round Barrows. (Bronze period). 1975 J. G. Evans Environment Early Man Brit. Isles vi. 130 Two Bronze Age round barrows known as the Burton Howes. 2002 T. Darvill Conc. Oxf. Dict. Archaeol. 368/1 In the British Isles the majority of round barrows are of Bronze Age date, but the tradition as a whole begins in the early Neolithic around 4000 bc and continues intermittently until late in the 1st millennium bc. < as lemmas |
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