ABSTRACT
Unlike other cemeteries of the Chalcolithic period discussed above, the cemeteries that are the subject of this chapter are located above ground. While varying in size, complexity and detail, their position above ground provided them an explicitness of presence that the other burial sites did not have. As a rule, subterranean cavities are indistinguishably embedded within the landscape and practically unnoticeable to those walking above ground. Freestanding structural features, however, can hardly go unnoticed. is appears to suggest a degree of assertiveness that may have facilitated modes of articulation and signalling that were less explicit when caves were in use.
