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The Marching Bear Group is an archaeological site consisting of a series of bear-shaped earthworks located within Effigy Mounds National Monument in northeastern Iowa. Built by Native American cultures of the Woodland period between roughly 600 and 1200 AD, the mounds form a distinct line across the...
The Moundville Archaeological Site is a Mississippian culture center located on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. At its peak between approximately 1200 and 1450 CE, it was one of the largest Mississippian sites in North America, featuring 29 large platform mounds arranged around a c...
The Hopewell Mound Group is a large prehistoric earthwork and burial complex located in Ross County, Ohio. Dating from approximately 200 BC to 500 AD, it serves as the archaeological type site for the Hopewell culture, a widespread network of Native American societies during the Middle Woodland peri...
Mound City Group is a Hopewell burial mound complex near Chillicothe, Ohio, notable for 23 mounds covering charnel houses and rich ceremonial offerings.
Etowah Indian Mounds is a Mississippian site in Georgia, notable for six earthen mounds on the Etowah River occupied between about 1000 and 1550 CE.
