A corbelled tomb is a generic term given to burial
tomb
A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') 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 ''immuremen ...
s with
corbelled roofs rather than simple slabs, which generally denote an earlier type of construction.
In Europe they include the
Mycenean tholos tomb type.
Burial monuments and structures
Archaeology of death
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