Mound Builders had a very extensive trade network
The burial artifacts found in the Harland Mound site provided evidence of social hierarchy, wealth disparities, and potentially religious or ceremonial practices within the community. These artifacts suggest that individuals were buried with items of significance and importance, reflecting their status or role in society.
A burial mound is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
It means that it is a burial site and should be left alone. Removing artifacts or bones from a mound is a Federal Crime. Anyone caught selling these items will be prosecuted and end up in prison.
An important sixth-century ship burial was found at the Sutton Hoo site in Suffolk, England. The burial mound contained a rich collection of Anglo-Saxon artifacts, including a ship, weapons, jewelry, and other valuable objects. This discovery provided significant insights into Anglo-Saxon culture and burial practices.
It might have been the Mound Builders..... Scientists are saying that because of the artifacts that were found.
The Adena Mound
Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum was created in 1992.
it was a burial place for important cheifs
Newgrange, Ireland
Most if not all buirial mound were constructed by digging a ditch around the mound and using material removed from the ditch to form the mound. Evidence of a ditch may help determine if a mound is man-made. Unfortunately, since the mound in question is in New York City, evidence of a ditch has long ago been obliterated. I remember reading that evidence of a Native American burial mound was found in the late 1800s and that it was verified by archaeologists before the street was paved over.
Mound(s)
A Stupa is a mound like structure that contains Buddhist artifacts.