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Serpent Mound
Serpent Mound (also known as Great Serpent Mound) is an archaeological and historic site in Peebles, Ohio, USA, enclosing an effigy mound 1348 feet (411 m) long in the shape of a serpent, the largest effigy mound of a serpent in the world...
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Ten Great Native American Mound Sites
The Native Americans of Pre-Colonial North America built thousands of mounds across the continent which served various purposes and sometimes reached heights over 100 feet. Many of the mound sites were thriving urban centers – such as Cahokia...
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Poverty Point
Poverty Point is an archaeological and historic site in Louisiana, USA, dated to c. 1700-1100 BCE, enclosing one of the most significant Native American mound sites from Pre-Colonial America. It was once the location of a grand complex of...
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Pinson Mounds
The Pinson Mounds are a State Archeological Park in Madison County, Tennessee, USA enclosing a prehistoric Native American religious site comprising earthen mounds built during the Middle Woodland Period (c. 200 BCE - 500 CE). Although there...
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Etowah Mounds
Etowah Mounds (also known as Etowah Indian Mounds) is a National Historic Landmark and archaeological site near Cartersville, Georgia, USA, enclosing the ruins of a prehistoric Native American city whose original name is unknown. The present...
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Mound A, Etowah
Mound A, Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site, Cartersville, GA. The city was built in three phases between c. 1000 - c. 1550 and the present site encloses three large and three smaller mounds surrounding a central plaza. The three large mounds...
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Mound A, Poverty Point
Mound A (aka Bird Mound) at Poverty Point, Louisiana, USA. The mound is 72 feet (22 m) high and 705x660 feet (215x200 m) at the base. Built c. 1700-1100 BCE.
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Mound of Harsha
This is a photo of the mound known as Harsh ka Tila (“Mound of Harsha”), located west of Sheikh Chilli's Tomb complex in Thanesar, Kurukshetra district, Haryana state, India. It is 1 km long and 750 m wide. It has ruins of structures built...
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Mound B, Etowah
Mound B at Etowah, Georgia, USA. The Etowah Mounds were built in three stages during the period of the Mississippian Culture, c. 1000-1550 CE.
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Mound B, Poverty Point, Louisiana
Aerial view of Mound B at Poverty Point, a Late Archaic Period archaeological site in Louisiana, USA.