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Thesaurus Term/Concept: CONTRACTED INHUMATION
| Identifier |
70032 |
| Class |
MONUMENT TYPE |
| Status |
Preferred |
| Index? |
Yes |
| Scope Note |
A form of inhumation in which the skeleton is interred, usually on its side, with the knees brought up against the chest. This is a more extreme form of crouched inhumation. |
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Instances/Examples (11)
| Context |
Record |
| Monument Type |
MDR84 Brier Low barrow (site of), Hartington Upper Quarter (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR72 Cairn, The Frith, Hartington Upper Quarter (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR1262 Chambered tomb (site of), Bole Hill, Bakewell (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR2322 Cist burials, Ford Cottage, Bradwell (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR3489 Four barrows, 385m south-west of Haddon Fields bowl barrow, Over Haddon (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR1650 Long Dale Bowl Barrow, Smerrill Moor, Middleton and Smerrill (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR2231 Ox Low Oval Barrow, north of Clear-the-Way Mine, Peak Forest (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR3105 Round Barrow (Site of), Blake Low, Bonsall (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR2232 Round Barrow, Eldon Hill, Peak Forest (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR529 Round barrow, Gautries Hill, Peak Forest (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR939 Shuttlestone barrow (site of?), Hartington Nether Quarter (Monument) |