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The Indian Mound Builders built mounds for elite residential purposes, burials and religious and other ceremonials. The mounds were usually flat-topped pyramids or platform mounds.

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What did the mound builders of Ohio build there mounds with?

They are earthen mounds.


Where did the mound builders build their mounds?

all over Ohio


How did mound builders build mounds?

They moved dirt! P.S. you guys are idiots


What did the mound builders build mounds?

They built mounds out of dirt from the grass lands and they put in valuable stuff to them and traded with other tribes.


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What is the culture of a Mound Builder?

building mounds such as the serpent mound


Why did mississippi's mound builders build mounds?

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What is the first group of Indians to build mounds probably for special ceremonies?

The Mound Builders who were Adena and Hopewell and Mississippian.


What did the mound builders build there mounds out of?

They were made from earth, like dirt and maybe some brush. It depends whether the mound was more burials or buildings (ceremonial ones).


Did Native Americans build mounds?

Not all mounds built by Native Americans contain human remains.


How many mound builders does it take to build one mound?

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