1. Barrow
A barrow is the archaeological term for a specific type of burial mound belonging to the Neolithic period structures in western Europe.
2. Cairn
A cairn is an unmortared pile of rocks, carefully stacked to act as a marker, and sometimes to cover a burial.
3. Khirigsuur
Built by mobile pastoralists of the first and second millennia BC, khirigsuurs generally consist of a stone mound, surrounded by a square or circular fence of surface stones, but they may be very elaborate and sometimes contain human remains.
4. Kurgan
A kurgan is a type of burial mound built by several groups of the nomadic people of central Asia, the oldest dating to the Bronze Age.
5. Mounds
Mounds are a type of monumental architecture built primarily of earth, although they do occasionally have stone or wood foundations and occasionally may have been used to inter single or multiple burials.
6. Urnfield Cemetery
An urnfield cemetery, or jar burial, is a type of secondary burial that involves placing the cremated body of a deceased person into a large jar or urn, within a large defined cemetery area.
