Tumulusis a general term for a mound, as a rule artificial and usually round or oval in plan, associated with a burial ('burial mounds', as opposed, e.g., to prehistoric settlement mounds). Tumulus burial (‘mound burial’) des…
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Steimle, Christopher (Erfurt),
Hiesel, Gerhard (Freiburg),
Jung, Reinhard (Berlin),
Hülden, Oliver (Tübingen),
Naso, Alessandro (Udine) and
Pingel, Volker (Bochum),
“Tumulus”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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