…a pile of stones covering a burial chamber; also called a cairn. In areas where piled stone burial mounds are common, the word cairn is often used synonymously with barrow. From [Mountain climbing]… crevasse (a fissure in a glacier). cairn (a pile of stones in a pyramid shape, used as a guide for ascending or descending a mountain, or as a memorial to a climb). From [Tomb] ...No markers were left on the ground, likely to prevent looting. *Some of the terminology that mentions "cairn" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…石を積み上げて墓室を覆ったもので,ケルンcairnとも呼ばれる。墳丘が積石であるのが一般的な地域では,cairn(積石塚)という言葉は,しばしばbarrow(塚)と同義語に使われる。… 【登山】より… クレバスcrevasse氷河上の亀裂。 ケルンcairn積み石,記念塚。登降路の指針として,あるいは登山の記念としてピラミッド状に石を積み上げたもの。… 【墳墓】より…地上に標識を残さないのは盗掘を防いだものであろう。 ※「cairn」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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