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    The Grave Creek Mound in the Ohio River Valley in West Virginia is one of the largest conical-type burial mounds in the United States, now standing 62...
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    of the British Museum). In 1838, an archaeological excavation of Grave Creek Mound, led by Jesse and Abelard Tomlinson, uncovered the ruins of two large...
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    Woodland: Northeastern Middlesex Tradition". Retrieved 2008-09-11. "Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex". Retrieved 2008-09-11. "Portsmouth Earthworks-Ohio...
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    Tumulus (redirect from Grave mound)
    tumulus (pl.: tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or (in Siberia and Central...
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    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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    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...
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    Report for Grave Creek Indian Mound (Feature ID: 1539643)". Retrieved August 20, 2015. "Grave Creek Mound State Park". Grave Creek Mound State website...
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  • This is a list of notable burial mounds in the United States built by Native Americans. Burial mounds were built by many different cultural groups over...
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    base, making it the second-largest such burial mound in the state of West Virginia. (The Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville is the largest.) This archaeological...
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    Wheeling metropolitan area. The city was named for the nearby ancient Grave Creek Mound, constructed 250 to 100 BC by indigenous people of the Adena culture...
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