(the) Moundbuilders

(the) Moundbuilders
the Moundbuilders [the Moundbuilders] noun [pl]
early Native-American groups who built ↑mounds (= raised masses of earth). These were used for graves and as the bases for religious temples and other important buildings. Well-known ↑mounds that survive include those at Moundville, ↑Alabama, and the Serpent Mound in Adams County, ↑Ohio.

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