Re: mounds around the world

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by markovic@xxxxxx (markovic) . . . :

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> In article <HwQ7f.36763$d5.193693@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "I_E_Johansson" <elionore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Mississippi?
>
> These were primarily built for houses, to avoid floods, and have
> been observed during modern floods to be at tall enough for just
> that purpose. Long parallel mounds for rows of houses have been
> dated to 1800bc at Poverty Point, Louisiana. French colonial
> records describe the use of mound houses by the Natchez in
> recent times. Other North American regions might not follow the
> same pattern of use.

Mound building for burials was common all along the eastern coast of
asia. She has been told this before. Japan's Kofun period is named so
for burial mounds. Keyhole mounds go as far back as the Jomon period
and are found from Japan to Vietnam.
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