Re: Tolos & Kurgan

Whilst considering Kurgan and Tolos, we need to think of other kinds of
chieftain burrial too.

The Origins of Human Society gives the following

Barrow (Britain)
Tumuli (Western & Central Europe)
Kurgan (Eastern Europe and the Steppes)

All of them applying to the same feature, a burial mound marking the
grave of some important leader. Are these etymologically interrelated,
culturally a common feature of IE, or just common features which appear
in certain social contexts?

Regards

John