Burial mounds were one of the purposes of the many mounds constructed by prehistoric natives in the Great Lakes region.
Mounds were principally used as burial sites.
for burial mounds and for burial homes
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Built elaborate earth mounds
They were known for their agriculture, art and mound building of ceremonial and burial sites.
Some mounds were constructed around important public structures, such as temples. A temple would be built, then after a generation, destroyed and covered with earth. Some mounds were created to house burials. Some, such as the Great Serpent Mound in Ohio, are astronomical observations and are aligned with equinoxes or solstices. Some are effigy mounds, that is they are sculpted into representational forms, such as a giant bird. Mounds can be sites of elite houses, council houses, and temples and would be protected from flooding from nearby rivers.
They are earthen mounds.
Building large earthen mounds.
The MISSISSIPPIAN INDIANS made the mounds.
for burial mounds and for burial homes
The various cultures collectively termed "Mound Builders" were inhabitants of North America who, during a 5,000-year period, constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious, ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes.
building large Earthen mounds
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hopewell or adena
Basically, they evolved from earthen burial mounds thrown up over graves. The more important the person, the higher the mound. When these important people found that those earthen mounds tended to flatten and disappear over time, they started to make them in stone. The triangular shape is simply a refinement of the original conical shape of the burial mound.
charcoal drawings made by these people still exist in Russell cave
Built elaborate earth mounds
One purpose of prehistoric mounds was for burial sites. These mounds were constructed to bury important individuals and often contain ceremonial objects, tools, and other artifacts.