An Anglo-Saxon burial mound is an accumulation of earth and stones erected over a grave or crypt during the late sixth and seventh centuries AD in Anglo-Saxon England. These burial …

Accidental burial in sand is a tragically unrecognized risk associated with a popular childhood recreational activity. We describe 4 boys, aged 10 to 13 years, who were accidentally buried …

May 5, 2017 · Ustrinae is the term used to refer to holes, dug into the ground over which pyres were built for the cremation of bodies. The features at Ballateare consisted of alternating …

Jan 26, 2010 · Three of the bodies in the inhumation graves, but not the older child, were buried after the roundhouses’ hollows were dug out.

In this article it is suggested that we should begin to see the materials used in late Iron Age burial mounds as part of the memory creation and expression in past mortuary practices. A …

The two accidental deaths of boys who were trapped under sand are the first documented instances of deaths from respiratory asphyxia where the sand compressed their lungs and …

In 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, an archaeologist named Basil Brown excavated the largest of 18 burial mounds in the grounds of a country house at Sutton Hoo, …

Burial mounds refer to common sites characterized by the presence of a mound or barrow made of stone, earth, or a combination of both, which covers the burial structure. These mounds can …

Nov 1, 2018 · We present a 23-year-old married couple who died by accidental burial in a beach sand hole. The victims fell into a hole that had been covered with a plastic sheet, and were …

Accidental burial in sand is a tragically unrecognized risk associated with a popular childhood recreational activity. We describe 4 boys, aged 10 to 13 years, who were acciden-tally buried …