naus

▪ prehistoric grave

(from Greek  “ship”), Catalan Navetas,  

      prehistoric grave found in the Balearic (Balearic Islands) Isles. The naus was built of closely fitting blocks of stone in the shape of an overturned boat with a rounded stern and a squared or slightly concave front. A small door in the front gave access to a slab-roofed passage leading to a long, rectangular burial chamber. Constructed during the Bronze Age, the graves were the equivalent of the long barrow, or cairn, of western Europe.

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