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The culture that built cities on mounds was the Chinese
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Why did Aztec engineers built three causeways over water and marshland?
The aztec built bridges and causways to get to certain areas without getting wet. Also the had built them to keep invaders away from the city Tenochtitlan. Lastly, they built it to get to the mainland. Not useful... b.tch cun.
What is difference between bund wall and dyke wall?
Bund wall and dyke wall are two completely different walls, and used for certain use. Bund wall is a concrete or earth wall surrounding a storage tank containing crude oil or its refined product, and dyke wall is a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.
What is the past tense of built?
infinitive: build past: built past participle: built
When were aqueducts built?
They were built by the Romans. So in the roman time frame.
When was East Harling built?
Just before West Harling was built.
Why did the Aztecs build dams?
they built dams to keep the flooding out of their cities
Why are houses built on stilts in India?
They are built on stilts to avoid flooding and in some cases, to be out of reach of wild animals.
How many mounds were originally built at the site?
there are approximately 3000 mounds
Why did indians build mounds?
Mounds were built for ceremonial and burial purposes.
Were the effigy mounds built in the shape of constellations in the sky?
There is no definitive evidence to suggest that effigy mounds were intentionally built to represent constellations in the sky. Effigy mounds were primarily burial mounds constructed by indigenous peoples in North America. Their shapes often represented animals or other figures important to the culture that built them.
Why do you think that some mounds were built in shapes of birds and snakes?
Researchers are uncertain as to why mounds were built in the shape of birds and snakes. Some theorize that this was because the people who built such mounds had great respect for these creatures.
Was Cahokia built in Illinois?
The Cahokia Mounds are in Illinois. The Mississippian culture built the mounds sometime between 600–1400 AD.
Why did the Mississippian tribes build large mounds?
Some mounds were constructed around important public structures, such as temples. A temple would be built, then after a generation, destroyed and covered with earth. Some mounds were created to house burials. Some, such as the Great Serpent Mound in Ohio, are astronomical observations and are aligned with equinoxes or solstices. Some are effigy mounds, that is they are sculpted into representational forms, such as a giant bird. Mounds can be sites of elite houses, council houses, and temples and would be protected from flooding from nearby rivers.
What did the paleo Indians do with the mounds they built?
pray
Why were the effigy mounds built?
For religious purposes
What was Texas communities built around?
mounds
Did Native Americans build mounds?
Not all mounds built by Native Americans contain human remains.
