Tag:archaeological_site=tumulus

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Description
Tumulus - a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
Group: historic
Used on these elements
Requires
historic=archaeological_site
Useful combination
name=* field=*
See also
historic:civilization=*
Status: approved
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A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Alternative names for a tumulus are barrow, burial mound, kurgan or kofun (in Northeast Asia, see Wikipedia).

How to map

Set a node or draw as an area along the outline and tag it with

• historic=archaeological_site
• archaeological_site=
• name=* - often also Tumulus, Barrow or Mound is used as part of the name These shouldn't be used as name itself, see Names#Name_is_the_name_only
• field=yes - some graveyards consist of a number of tumuli. To avoid mapping all of them, the field tag can be used as an option.
• tumulus=* - type of tumulus (see the table below)

Tags to use in combination

• wikipedia=* - a link to Wikipedia's article about the feature
• wikidata=* - an ID of the specific Wikidata item
• historic:civilization=* (or more precise subtags) - the civilization (culture) that originally created the feature
• tourism=attraction - if it is a tourist attraction.
• heritage=* - if it is registered by an official heritage organisation.

Sub-types of tumuli in use

Most commonly used tags for tumuli

tumulus=value	Definition and image	Taginfo
round_tomb	Circular mound or cropmark on satellite view. Easily confused with a fortification_type=ringfort or fortification_type=motte.	tumulus=round_tomb $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
mound	Mound of undefined shape.	tumulus=mound $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
round_barrow	Circular shaped tomb. See also round tomb above In the UK, ususally historic:period=bronze-age	tumulus=round_barrow $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
ring-barrow	Ring-shaped tomb, easily confused with a fortification_type=ringfort on satellite view	tumulus=ring-barrow $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
keyhole_tomb	Keyhole-shaped tomb, i.e. a circular grave chamber with a long passage way to it. Common in the Sahara desert (example in Algeria). Kofuns in Japan a special type of keyhole tombs. Example in Japan	tumulus=keyhole_tomb $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
goulet	From French goulet for gully, prominent type in the Sahara desert. Similar to keyhole tomb, but with the burial chamber not in the center of the circular enclosure. Example in Algeria	tumulus=goulet_tomb $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo tumulus=goulet $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
platform	Flat surface, can be circular, square or crescent shaped.	tumulus=platform $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
crater		tumulus=crater $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
antenna_tomb	antenna or V-shaped tomb	tumulus=antenna_tomb $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
crescent_tomb	Crescent or half-circle shaped tomb	tumulus=crescent_tomb $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo

See also

• historic=tomb

+ tomb=tumulus

• historic=archaeological_site

+ archaeological_site=megalith

+ megalith_type=passage_grave - Passage grave

• historic=archaeological_site

+ archaeological_site=megalith

+ megalith_type=long_barrow - Long barrow

Further reading

• Tumulus expedition report from the Sahara desert with diagrams of tumuli
• Nick Brooks et al.: Funerary sites in the «Free Zone»: Report on the second and third seasons of fieldwork of the Western Sahara Project, in: SAHARA 17/2006.

Possible Tagging Mistakes

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• site_type=tomb

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• archaeological_site=barrow

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