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  • Thumbnail for Mound
    A mound is a heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris. Most commonly, mounds are earthen formations such as hills and mountains, particularly...
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    The Mound is an artificial slope and road in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New and Old Towns. It was formed by dumping around...
    5 KB (464 words) - 18:55, 11 April 2023
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    collectively termed "Mound Builders", but the term has no formal meaning. It does not refer to specific people or archaeological culture but refers to the characteristic...
    54 KB (6,572 words) - 13:20, 20 April 2024
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    Tumulus (redirect from Burial mound)
    which is a mound of stones built for various purposes, may also originally have been a tumulus. Tumuli are often categorised according to their external...
    100 KB (10,971 words) - 19:31, 1 June 2024
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    The Great Serpent Mound is a 1,348-feet-long (411 m), three-feet-high prehistoric effigy mound located in Peebles, Ohio. It was built on what is known...
    32 KB (4,152 words) - 20:57, 23 May 2024
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    Krakus Mound or Kopiec Krakusa in Polish, also called the Krak Mound, is a tumulus located in the Podgórze district of Kraków, Poland; thought to be the...
    5 KB (454 words) - 14:07, 30 April 2024
  • may also refer to: Mound, Louisiana, United States Mound, Minnesota, United States Mound, Texas, United States Mound, West Virginia Mound Creek, a stream...
    1 KB (174 words) - 04:12, 9 March 2024
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    Mound-building termites are a group of termite species that live in mounds which are made of a combination of soil, termite saliva and dung. These termites...
    13 KB (1,564 words) - 03:36, 12 June 2024
  • Blue Mound or Blue Mounds may refer to any of several places in the United States: Blue Mound, Illinois Blue Mound, Kansas Blue Mound (Vernon County, Missouri)...
    455 bytes (94 words) - 05:04, 30 December 2016
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    Mons pubis (redirect from Mound of Venus)
    In human anatomy, and in mammals in general, the mons pubis or pubic mound (also known simply as the mons /mɒnz/, and known specifically in females as...
    9 KB (928 words) - 19:06, 1 May 2024
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    Cahokia (redirect from Cahokia Mound)
    The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site /kəˈhoʊkiə/ (11 MS 2) is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) directly...
    67 KB (7,044 words) - 06:15, 11 June 2024
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    Serpent Mound crater, also known as the Serpent Mound Disturbance, is an eroded meteorite impact crater in Ohio, United States. It lies largely in Adams...
    4 KB (388 words) - 23:00, 6 March 2024
  • Mound City may refer to: Mound City, Arkansas Mound City, Illinois Mound City National Cemetery Mound City, Kansas Mound City, Missouri Mound City, South...
    843 bytes (135 words) - 18:24, 25 April 2023
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    construction dates from 900 to 955 CE. Located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, the mound size was calculated in...
    16 KB (1,906 words) - 00:02, 6 March 2024
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    Hügelkultur (redirect from German mound)
    pronunciation: [ˈhyːɡl̩kʊlˌtuːɐ̯]), literally mound bed or mound culture, is a horticultural technique where a mound constructed from decaying wood debris and...
    21 KB (2,327 words) - 15:58, 7 June 2024
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    Mimizuka (redirect from Ear Mound)
    Mimizuka (耳塚, "Ear Mound" or "Ear Tomb"), which was renamed from Hanazuka (鼻塚, "Nose Mound"), is a monument in Kyoto, Japan. It is dedicated to the sliced noses...
    17 KB (2,104 words) - 03:49, 27 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Allegheny mound ant
    Allegheny mound ant (Formica exsectoides) is a species of ant native to the Atlantic area of North America. Its range extends from Nova Scotia to parts of...
    3 KB (401 words) - 02:42, 14 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Flower Mound, Texas
    northeast of Fort Worth adjacent to Grapevine Lake, the town derives its name from a prominent 12.5-acre (5.1 ha) mound located in the center of town. After...
    60 KB (5,326 words) - 12:05, 17 June 2024
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    05048°W / 46.898560; -123.05048 Mima mounds /ˈmaɪmə/ are low, flattened, circular to oval, domelike, natural mounds that are composed of loose, unstratified...
    27 KB (3,314 words) - 20:56, 18 May 2024
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    The Håga mound (Hågahögen) or King Björn's Mound (Kung Björns hög) is a large Nordic Bronze Age tumulus in the western outskirts of Uppsala, Sweden. It...
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