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 Translation for 'burial mound' from English to French
NOUN   a burial mound | burial mounds
SYNO barrow | burial mound | grave mound | ...
archéo.
tumulus {m}
burial mound
archéo.
cairn {m} dolménique
burial mound
archéo.constr.
tertre {m} funéraire
burial mound
4 Words
archéo.
tumulus {m} de l'âge du bronze
Bronze Age burial mound
Partial Matches
monceau {m}mound
géol.
tertre {m}
mound
géogr.
monticule {f}
mound
butte {f}mound
anat.
pénil {m}
pubic mound
constr.
talus {m} d'excavation
excavation mound
constr.
talus {m} de fouille [plan incliné formé lors de travaux d'excavation]
excavation mound
hort.
butte {f} de culture
mound cultivation
enterrement {m}burial
ensevelissement {m}burial
sépulture {f} [inhumation]burial
sociol.
méthode {f} funéraire
burial method
tombeau {m}burial chamber
obsèques {f.pl}burial {sg}
inhumation {f}burial [funeral]
dr.sociol.
concession {f} à perpétuité
burial plot in perpetuity
sépulture {f} en mer [dispersion des cendres en mer]burial at sea [scattering of ashes]
obsèques {f.pl} en merburial at sea [sailor's funeral]
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Usage Examples English
  • At the nearby vast Kasta burial mound, an ancient Macedonian tomb has recently been revealed.
  • South Charleston attractions include Criel Mound (also known as the South Charleston Adena Burial Mound), and the South Charleston Museum.
  • The Enon Adena Mound, also known as the Knob Prairie Mound, is Ohio's second largest conical Indian burial mound, is located in Enon. This mound is believed to have been built by the Adena culture.
  • There were plans to reopen it in the early 2000s, but the project has faced challenge from the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma as the skylift is on an ancient Native American burial mound.
  • An 8,000-year-old paleo-Indian and Tequesta burial mound is located in Weston.

  • 3000 BCE) and were sometimes covered with earth or smaller stones to form a tumulus (burial mound).
  • A burial mound from the Birnirk culture (CE 500 to 900) was discovered near Wales and is now a National Historic Landmark.
  • Draugar live in their graves or royal palaces, often guarding treasure buried with them in their burial mound.
  • His remains were originally interred in Sōfuku-ji, but they were later moved to Jōzai-ji because the Nagara River kept overflowing and covering his burial mound.
  • One block south, 5th Avenue is noted for its many historic church buildings. The city is also the site of an Adena Native American burial mound.

  • This includes their sanctuary at Beglik Tash along the south coast and a burial mound near Sunny Beach.
  • He was buried in the burial mound ("Håkonshaugen") in the village of Seim in Lindås municipality in the county of Hordaland.
  • He called together a meeting at the Haugating (from the Old Norse word "haugr" meaning hill or burial mound).
  • The hill is that which the town stands on, and a pre-historic burial mound (or barrow) which existed at the eastern summit of the hill (dug up during the expansion of St Laurence's church in 1199) could explain the tumulus variation of the "hlǣw" element.
  • Trade with the Northeast indigenous peoples via the Ohio River began during the Burial Mound Period (1000 BC–AD 700) and continued until European contact.

  • When covered in earth, a passage grave is a type of burial mound which are found in various forms all over the world.
  • A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word "cairn" comes from the [...] (plural [...]).
  • Trade with the northeastern tribes by the Ohio River began during the Burial Mound Period (1000 [...] BCE [...] 700 [...] CE) and continued until European contact.
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