Mounds and Mound Builders
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Architecture, Social Science
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Ohio, Alabama, Illinois
Article abstract: Various groups of American Indians built earthen mounds at different time periods in different locations, which served different cultural functions; the American Indian construction of these mounds was not fully accepted until 1894.
Earthen mounds are located in the eastern United States from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes, with concentrations in the Midwest along the Ohio and Mississippi River drainages. These mounds were constructed by a number of different Native American groups during several different time periods, and they were used...
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