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Record 1 2015-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
  • Funeral Services
DEF

... a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead.

CONT

Examples can be found across Europe and in the Middle East. A cist may have been associated with other monuments, perhaps under a cairn or long barrow. Several cists are sometimes found close together within the same cairn or barrow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
  • Pompes funèbres
DEF

[...] sépulture individuelle, de petites dimensions, se présentant sous la forme d'un caisson ou coffre.

OBS

Ce genre de petite sépulture a été utilisé pendant la Préhistoire mais aussi pendant l'Antiquité, depuis la période de développement des mégalithes jusqu'aux Romains.

Spanish

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