摘要 |
Apparatus and methods of burial using a columbarium pod (18) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a burial system includes a water ballast control (24, 26), a stabilizing system (28), an identification system (32), a position registration system (36, 40), and a mapping system (13). The system may include a plurality of tubes, each tube configured to store a plurality of containers, each container retrievable after burial. The plurality of containers may include, for example, a cremation urn container (22), and one or more additional containers (23) that store DNA-based biological material of the deceased, memorial materials or the like. |