shaft tomb
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshaftandtomb
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shaft
noun[C]
uk/ʃɑːft/us/ʃæft/
a pole or rod that forms the handle of a tool ...
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tomb
noun[C]
uk/tuːm/us/tuːm/
a large stone structure or underground room where someone, especially an important person, ...
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(Definition ofshaftandtombfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theshafttombdiscovered in the structure at the southern end of the plaza could strengthen this hypothesis.
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Some years ago a farmer working his field stumbled on the entrance of ashafttomb.
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Other than these scattered bones and theshafttomb, there was no other mortuary evidence throughout the excavated area.
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Nonetheless, the amount of information recovered and the thoroughness with which the remains were analyzed and published surpassed that of any priorshafttombresearch.
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As mentioned, its general form fits theshafttombconcept, but it is really a pit grave.
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On the central part of the square, ashafttombhad been built and covered.
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The discovery of a sealedshafttombprovides important new knowledge regarding the funerary rituals in this region.
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Now, for the first time, the presence of greenstone objects in ashafttombcontext is confirmed.
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We describe only the sealed tombs here, as the looting of the othershafttombhas destroyed all archaeological evidence.
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As has been mentioned by other authors, theshafttombwas not the only burial modality of this period.
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The ornaments this child carried-a center-perforated concave shell disc (diameter 8 cm) and a string of pyrite circular beads-were not seen on any of the othershafttombindividuals.
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This circular architectural style is seemingly mirrored in the many circularshafttombtableau scenes.
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This period is best represented by the thousands of figurines recovered by looters and ascribed to theshafttombtradition.
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Herodotus does not describe the process of burial of such mummies, but they were perhaps placed in ashafttomb.
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Nearly all of the artifacts associated with thisshafttombtradition have been discovered by looters and are without provenance, making dating problematic.
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It has been proposed that this is the 4,000 year old remnant of ashafttomb.
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Further excavations are planned to search for ashafttomb.
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Many contributors link the use of shaft tombs to lineages or similar social groups.
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But we must also remember that shaft tombs are themselves a special form of burial that was not available to everyone.
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