An area used for the deposition of human remains where the principal funeral rite is the burial of the complete corpse. They are generally indicated by the discovery of articulated human skeletal remains, occasionally with evidence of coffins and/or grave goods.
![The excavation of a Roman inhumation cemetery in the 1960s.](http://hbsmrgateway2.esdm.co.uk/norfolk/DataFiles/FullImages/964.jpg)
The excavation of a Roman inhumation cemetery in Mundford in the 1960s.