chamber tomb

American  

noun

Archaeology.

1. a type of late Neolithic to Bronze Age tomb found in Britain and Europe, usually of megaliths covered by mounds, sometimes decorated, and used for successive family or clan burials spanning a number of generations.

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Etymology

Origin of chamber tomb

First recorded in 1890–95

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chamber tomb

In 1895 Dr. Tsountas found twenty arrow-heads of bronze, ten in each bundle, in a Mycenaean chamber tomb.

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew