Definition of the glossary term tholos
Tholos comes from the Greek, "beehive". A tholos is a tomb that was very characteristic of Bronze Age tombs found in the Mycenaean sites. Tholos tombs were quite common after 1500 B.C.
Tholos tombs were constructed out of stone using corbelled arches, wherein the burial was made and the grave goods were placed. They chamber was then filled with dirt, and only the top mound of the tomb was visible. Sometimes the thoos tombs were cut into rocky hillsides as well.
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