| 词汇 | example_english_burial-mound |
| 释义 | burial moundcollocation in Englishmeanings of burialand moundThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with mound. burial noun[C or U] uk /ˈber.i.əl/ us /ˈber.i.əl/ the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected ... See more at burial mound noun[C] uk /maʊnd/ us /maʊnd/ a large pile of earth, stones, etc. like a ... See more at mound Examples of burial moundThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. In the mid-1950s attention shifted from burialmound research to large-scale settlement research. Around the middle of the 1950s however, with the end of the moorland reclamations, the importance of burialmound research declined. This includes the burial practices, which developed from the burialmound ritual. These changes in the original meaning of the burialmound ritual undermined it to such an extent that a transformation of the ritual became necessary. Which quantitative changes took place in the burialmound tradition? This could mean that the original conventions inherent to burialmound traditions remained valid as a frame of ideological reference. The burialmound became the formal burial place for the household as the basic economic unit. These smaller groups utilised the burialmound ritual in the same way as the larger kinship groups had done earlier. The combined weight of the bronze grave goods seems to be unrelated to the dimensions of the burialmound. A third factor can be postulated, namely age, which influenced both the size of the burialmound and the presence of grave goods. He witnesses a young woman fanning the grave of her husband; he had instructed her to find a new companion as soon as the burialmound was dry. Over time, however, changes occurred in parts of this tradition which imply underlying social changes and ultimately seem to undermine the original meaning of the burialmound tradition. Post circles, in particular type 3, were constructed before the construction of the burialmound and marked the area round a grave as part of the burial ritual (fig. 7). There is an observatory on the hill, and a bronze age burialmound. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been examples where it is thought that a mound could be an ancient burialmound but is later discovered to be full of nineteenth century bricks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The workers removed bones and other artifacts from this burialmound further desecrating this sacred site. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The tumulus is an oval burialmound 80 metres long and 11 metres high, which houses two tombs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The burialmound is about high and in diameter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They left behind such evidences as a burialmound and projectile points. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After the examination of the grave, the burialmound has been reconstructed to its original height. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of burial Go to the definition of mound See other collocations with mound |
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