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  • 111Mound Builders — Mound′ Build ers n. pl. ara the American Indian tribes that, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected burial mounds and other earthworks in the Mississippi drainage basin and SE U.S • Etymology: 1830–40 …

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  • 112Mound Builders — ☆ Mound Builders n. a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest …

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  • 113Mound builder (people) — For other uses, see Mound builder (disambiguation). Monks Mound, located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, is the largest Pre Columbian earthwork in America north of Mesoamerica …

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  • 114Mound House (Greene County, Illinois) — The Mound House is an archeological site located in Greene County, Illinois in the Illinois River floodplain. The site is a multicomponent site, however the mounds were constructed during the Middle Woodland. The mound center has five identified… …

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  • 115Mound system — A mound system is an alternative to the traditional rural septic system leach field. The mound system is an engineered leaching field used in areas where septic systems are more prone to failure due to having extremely slow or extremely fast… …

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  • 116Mound City, Illinois — Coordinates: 37°5′8″N 89°9′47″W / 37.08556°N 89.16306°W / 37.08556; 89.16306 …

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  • 117Mound of the Hostages — The Mound of the Hostages (Irish: Dumha na nGiall)[when?] is an ancient passage tomb located in the Tara Skryne Valley in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland. The mound is a Neolithic structure, built between 2500 and 3000 BCE. It is circular in form …

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  • 118Mound Builders — Monks Mound, témoignage de la culture des bâtisseurs de tumulus, Illinois, États Unis Les Mounds Builders (« bâtisseurs de tumulus ») désignent un ensemble de peuples amérindiens disparus avant l arrivée des Européens, dans toute la… …

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  • 119Mound Station, Illinois — Coordinates: 40°0′27″N 90°52′32″W / 40.0075°N 90.87556°W / 40.0075; 90.87556 …

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  • 120Mound (disambiguation) — A mound is an artificial heap or pile, especially of earth, rocks, or sand. Mound may also refer to: Mound (creature), a half plant, half human creature in the paintings and writings of artist Trenton Doyle Hancock Pitchers mound, the raised… …

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