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Grave goods

Meaning in history, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In history, grave goods means: Objects deliberately placed with a burial, whose meanings depend on the burial practice and context.

In Turkish: mezar armağanları, ölü hediyeleri

How it is used

Do not infer a person's identity or wealth from objects alone; compare the wider burial evidence.

Example sentences

  1. The grave goods included beads arranged near the wrists.

    Placement helps interpret the relationship between objects and burial.

  2. The absence of grave goods did not establish that the burial was poor.

    Funerary choices and preservation can affect what is recovered.

Common collocations

  • burial with grave goods
  • the distribution of grave goods
  • artifactAn object made or shaped by people, such as a tool, coin, weapon or piece of jewellery, especially one studied for what it reveals about the past.
  • archaeological siteA place where evidence of past human activity has been found or preserved, such as the remains of a settlement, cemetery, temple or workshop.

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