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Grave-mounds and their contents; a manual of archaeology, as exemplified in the burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon periods (1870)

Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William, 1816-1886 · London : Groombridge · leaf 96

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re markable feature of this chambered tumulus is that the Fig. 60. … stones composing the passage are for the most part sculp-tured in lines and patterns, which have been described as CHAMBERED TUMULI. 67 very similar to the patterns tattooed on their faces and bodiesby the New Zealanders. Examples of these will be seenon the accompanying engravings, which exhibit…

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