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	Tumulus [barrow]. Mound of earth or stone covering a prehistoric tomb chamber or grave.
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	tumuli China China, §II, 6(ii): Funerary architecture: Han to Qing China, §II, 6(ii)(b): Funerary architecture: Three Kingdoms to Six Dynasties China, §II, 6(ii)(c): Funerary architecture: Sui to Tang Etruscan Etruscan, §II, 1(vi): Funerary architecture: The caditoia type Greece, ancient Greece, ancient, §II, 1(i)(d): Funerary architecture: Building types Tomb, §I, 2: Ancient Greek world Japan Japan, §III, 2(ii)(a): Pre- and protohistoric imperial tombs Phrygian Phrygian, §2: Central and eastern Anatolia Prehistoric art Prehistoric Europe, §VI, 2(iii): Iron Age funerary architecture Russia, §II, 2: Prehistoric and Migration period art: Neolithic period see also BARROWS; BURIAL MOUNDS

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