Package: BurialSites

Parent: Cultural

Relevant types:

Name Type Definition Description
Cemetery_P Feature Type A site and associated structures devoted to the burial of the dead. -
Cemetery_S Feature Type A site and associated structures devoted to the burial of the dead. -
GraveMarker_P Feature Type A marker indicating an individual grave site. Often located at a cemetery.
Grave_P Feature Type A site where a human corpse is buried. It normally contains a single human corpse, however in some cultures servants and/or animals are buried with the deceased. The site is usually marked.
MassGrave_P Feature Type A grave containing multiple, usually unidentified, human corpses. Mass graves may be created after a large number of people die or are killed due to a natural disaster, disease, epidemic, warfare or criminal activity. Mass grave sites may not be marked, as in cases where they have been created to conceal genocide.
MassGrave_S Feature Type A grave containing multiple, usually unidentified, human corpses. Mass graves may be created after a large number of people die or are killed due to a natural disaster, disease, epidemic, warfare or criminal activity. Mass grave sites may not be marked, as in cases where they have been created to conceal genocide.
Tomb_P Feature Type A structure within which a corpse is entombed. It is often a building-like structure that may be partly or wholly underground (except for its entrance), but may be a simple enclosure cut into solid rock (for example: into a cliff face or inside of a cave). It may contain a single corpse or a related group (for example: a family) may be entombed together.