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Encyclopediamoundmound, prehistoric earthwork erected over a burial place as a memorial or landmark, a defensive embankment, or a site for ceremonial or religious rites. Such structures are found in many parts of the world, but the name is applied in particular to those of North America, ascribed to a people known as Mound Builders. Sometimes the term is also applied to heaps of community refuse, as in shell mound. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on mound from Infoplease:
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- Mound Builders - Mound Builders Mound Builders, in North American archaeology, name given to those people who built ...
- Effigy Mounds National Monument - Effigy Mounds National Monument: Effigy Mounds National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments ...
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