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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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| The mound was all ready now, and the Giant laid in it, and into it Hadvor also had to go without being allowed to make any defence. I saw again, in the dim evening light, the unsightly mound which had so strangely attracted my attention at Gleninch. It seemed to wind around the mound from top to bottom, like a cork-screw, twisting here and there between the rough boulders but always remaining level and easy to walk upon. |
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