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mound, 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 Mound Builders, in North American archaeology, name given to those people who built mounds in a large area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mts. ..... Click the link for more information. . Sometimes the term is also applied to heaps of community refuse, as in shell mound shell mound, in archaeology, a mound consisting largely of the shells of edible mollusks. It is a kind of kitchen midden found in various parts of the world. ..... Click the link for more information. . mound 1. a small natural hill 2. Archaeol another word for barrow 3. an artificial ridge of earth, stone, etc., as used for defence mound [mau̇nd] (geology) A low, isolated, rounded natural hill, usually of earth. Also known as tuft. A structure built by fossil colonial organisms. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Part memoir, part local history, Buried Indians: Digging Up the Past in a Midwestern Town tells about a struggle in the Trempealeau, Wisconsin hometown of author Laurie McMillin (associate professor of rhetoric, composition and religion) to determine whether the platform mounds atop Trempealeau Mountain constituted authentic Indian mounds. Four others, though, have been restored: Moss Cottage, built in 1896 by Philadelphian William Struthers; Goodyear (1906), named for a Buffalo lumber baron; Mistletoe (1900), constructed for locomotive magnate Henry Kirke Porter; and Indian Mound (1892), whose best-known resident was William Rockefeller, John D. Volunteer Project/KTTB RADIO Concert Sunday, July 2 Thursday, July 20 9AM - 1PM Ghostface Killah & Great River Greening Rick Ross Indian Mounds Regional Park, Venue: Fine Line St. |
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