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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 if they appear artificial. A mound may be any rounded area of topographically higher elevation on any surface. Artificial mounds have been created for a variety of reasons throughout history, including…

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Archaeology

Mound types

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Mound

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples45
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

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related to North American archaeology · 14
Mound → Asian, Canada, Columbian, In, In European, Native American, Native Americans, Some, Southern California, The Chumash, These, United States, While, Wisconsin
related to Mound types · 8
Mound → Bank, CairnChambered, European, Japanese, Near East, Platform, Terp, Tumulus
related to External links · 5
Mound → Encyclopædia Britannica, The, Vol, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
see also · 5
Mound → Archaeological State ParkZiggurat Mound-building, List, MogotePetroformPyramidPrehistoric BritainStupaWoodland PeriodCrystal River, PeriodNeolithic EuropeOlmecLa VentaSan José, United StatesFort AncientKofun
related to Africa · 4
Mound → Bulozi Plain, Lozi, Seasonal, Zambia
is a · 2
Mound → deliberately constructed elevated earthen structure or earthwork, heaped pile of earth
related to Archaeology elsewhere · 1
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mounds burial artificial archaeology may platform tumulus american also see related culture variety tell terp united states european used built

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Moundis aheaped pile of earth0.90text
Moundis adeliberately constructed elevated earthen structure or earthwork0.90text
hillsinstance ofmounds are earthen formations0.80text
mountainsinstance ofmounds are earthen formations0.80text
particularly if they appear artificialinstance ofmounds are earthen formations0.80text
Asiainstance ofThey can be located all across the world in spots0.80text
Europeinstance ofThey can be located all across the world in spots0.80text
the Americasinstance ofThey can be located all across the world in spots0.80text
Moundrelated to AfricaSeasonal0.60section
Moundrelated to AfricaBulozi Plain0.60section
Moundrelated to AfricaLozi0.60section
Moundrelated to AfricaZambia0.60section

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