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Updated: May 19, 2025
In the third type of barrow there is no chamber connected with the outside, but its place is taken by several dolmens so small as to be mere cists within the mound. The burials in these barrows seem to have been without exception inhumations. The body was placed in the crouched position, either sitting up or reclining.
The known examples are found in the departments of Finistère, Marne, and Aisne, and in the neighbourhood of Paris. In Finistère out of 92 megalithic burials examined 61 were cremations, 26 were inhumations, and 5 were uncertain. It is extremely curious that this small portion of France should be the only part of the megalithic area where cremation was practised.
Similar facts were noted at Grand Compans, near Luzarches, and it is evident that successive inhumations beneath dolmens often took place, and instances might, if necessary, be multiplied. Another singular funeral rite was practised in remote antiquity. Many of the bones found in the various caves of Mentone were colored with red hematite.
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