earthen mound
Soil pile structure
An earthen mound is a raised pile of soil, often constructed deliberately for burial, ceremonial, or defensive purposes.
Archaeological earthen mounds appear across cultures—from Native American burial mounds to European barrows.
The term also describes any heap of dirt, natural or artificial: The earthen mound marked an ancient grave site.
- hillockMinor land elevation
- barrowLoad carrier or tumulus
- tumulusAncient burial mound
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- ancient burialOld entombment practice
knoll · grassy knoll · dirt · dirt pile · soil · ancient · old world · heap · pile · hump · rise · archaeological · dig site · tomb · prairie · prairie dog · grass · dig
earthen moundpit
Fruit's hard seed
hole · depression · ditch · excavation · trench
earthen moundbedrock
Solid stone underground
geological formation · rock outcrop · mountain · butte · drumlin
earthen moundrock formation
Natural stone arrangement
bedrock · solid rock · stone pile · granite outcrop · boulder
earth, earthen, earthy, earthly, earthling, earthiness, unearthly, unearth, unearthed