mound-builders
Ancient burial architects
Mound-builders refers to the indigenous peoples of North America who constructed large earthen mounds for ceremonial, burial, and residential purposes, primarily in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys.
These cultures flourished from roughly 3000 BCE to European contact.
The term also applies to birds—particularly the megapodes of Australia and the Pacific—that incubate eggs in mounds of decaying vegetation rather than sitting on them.
Raised earth structure
- terracePaved outdoor extension
- barrowLoad carrier or tumulus
- tellConvey information verbally
- motteFortification's central mound
rampart · berm · causeway · ditch · excavation · fill · stratigraphy · compaction
Ceremonial set of actions
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- mortuaryFacility housing corpses
effigy · totem · shaman · cosmology · charnel · ossuary · cremation · pilgrimage
Native of a southern state
Ground-nesting Australian fowl
- thermoregulationMaintaining stable internal heat
- egg-layingReproducing via external ova
- AustralasiaPacific island region
- nestingMaking a dwelling
burrow · ornithology · avian · brood · ground-nesting
embankment
Raised earth structure
motte · rampart · berm · causeway · ditch · excavation · fill · stratigraphy · compaction · archaeology
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
mortuary · effigy · totem · shaman · cosmology · charnel · ossuary · cremation · pilgrimage · offering
Mississippian
Native of a southern state
brush-turkey
Ground-nesting Australian fowl
- thermoregulationMaintaining stable internal heat
- egg-layingReproducing via external ova
- AustralasiaPacific island region
nesting · burrow · ornithology · avian · brood · ground-nesting
mound-buildershunter-gatherers
Subsistence through wild resources
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