Serpent Mounds
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science, Archaeology
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Ohio
Article abstract: Earthen mounds, whether effigy mounds {$IEffigy mounds{/I}} , burial mounds, or temple mounds, are especially prevalent in North America from western New York State through the Great Lakes region and down the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys to the Southeast.
It was estimated early in the twentieth century that there were ten thousand mounds in the Ohio Valley alone, but many have been lost to farming, construction, fortune hunters, and even a few archaeologists. The mounds appear in a number of different configurations: Some are conical or...
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