mound
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
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 . Sometimes the term is also applied to heaps of community refuse, as in shell mound .
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