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What was the purpose of the enormous system of earthen mounds built by native peoples?
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Burial mounds were one of the purposes of the many mounds constructed by prehistoric natives in the Great Lakes region.
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∙ 6y agoMounds were principally used as burial sites.
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What purpose did the Hopewell's mounds?
for burial mounds and for burial homes
What Native American group that built large earthen mounds stretching from the Mississippi River valley to Ohio River valley?
hopewell or adena
The hopewell peoples of the Ohio River Valley?
Built elaborate earth mounds
What are Hopewell peoples especially known for?
They were known for their agriculture, art and mound building of ceremonial and burial sites.
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 mound builders of Ohio build there mounds with?
They are earthen mounds.
What are the tribes of the Mississippi River Valley best known for?
Building large earthen mounds.
What prehistoric peoples made mounds?
The MISSISSIPPIAN INDIANS made the mounds.
What purpose did the Hopewell's mounds?
for burial mounds and for burial homes
Why did the Hopewell build mounds?
The various cultures collectively termed "Mound Builders" were inhabitants of North America who, during a 5,000-year period, constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious, ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes.
The tribes living in the Mississippi River Valley from around 800 A.D. until the 1500s were known for?
building large Earthen mounds
What did various Indian tribes regard most earthen mounds as a symbol of?
the Great Spirit ^^WRONG ANSWER The correct answer is Mother Earth
What Native American group that built large earthen mounds stretching from the Mississippi River valley to Ohio River valley?
hopewell or adena
What did pyramids evolve from?
Basically, they evolved from earthen burial mounds thrown up over graves. The more important the person, the higher the mound. When these important people found that those earthen mounds tended to flatten and disappear over time, they started to make them in stone. The triangular shape is simply a refinement of the original conical shape of the burial mound.
What remains from the 11000 year old civilization in what is now Alabama?
charcoal drawings made by these people still exist in Russell cave
The hopewell peoples of the Ohio River Valley?
Built elaborate earth mounds
What was the purpose of some mounds built by the mound builders?
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