-
tumulus (pl.: tumuli) is a
mound of
earth and
stones raised over a
grave or graves.
Tumuli are also
known as barrows,
burial mounds,
howes or (in
Siberia and...
- 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...
- Many pre-Columbian
cultures in
North America were
collectively termed "
Mound Builders", but the term has no
formal meaning. It does not
refer to specific...
- 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...
- 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...
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Cahokia Mounds /kəˈhoʊkiə/ (11 MS 2) is the site of a
Native American city (which
existed c. 1050–1350 CE)
directly across the
Mississippi River from present-day...
- it was áes síde. The word sí or sídh in
Irish means a
fairy mound or
ancient burial mound,
which were seen as
portals to an Otherworld. It is derived...
- also
refer to:
Mound, Louisiana,
United States Mound, Minnesota,
United States Mound, Texas,
United States Mound, West
Virginia Mound Cr****, a stream...
- 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...
- use
scent mounds as a way to
alert that a
region is
inhabited by a
family of
beavers and to mark territory. The
frequency of
scent mounding is typically...
