A corbelled tomb is a generic term given to burial

tomb A tomb ( ''tumbos'') or sepulchre () is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called '' immurement'', alth ...

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corbel In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal keyed into and projecting from a wall to carry a wikt:superincumbent, bearing weight, a type of bracket (architecture), bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in t ...

led roofs rather than simple slabs, which generally denote an earlier type of construction. In Europe they include the Mycenean tholos tomb type.

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Burial monuments and structures Archaeology of death {{struct-type-stub