OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
Paper 3
A deep rectangular burial pit containing a small chamber beneath a roof supported by wooden beams; it could hold more than one burial.
Revise: Burial customs and structuresA simple grave required far fewer resources than a deep shaft grave or a monumental stone tomb. The contrast matters: impressive elite burials show that some people were honoured lavishly, not that everyone received the same treatment.
- Revise: Funerary objects and grave contents
A burial chamber reached through a deep, vertical pit or shaft.