what were the usage and meanings for the mounds? Also, why save and perserve the mounds today?

Answer 1

North American archaeology
In the archaeology of the United States and Canada, the term "mound" has specific and technical connotations. In this sense, a mound is a deliberately constructed elevated earthen structure or earthwork, intended for a range of potential uses. In European and Asian archaeology, the word tumulus may be used as a synonym for artificial hills, particularly if they are related to particular burial customs.

While the term "mound" may be applied to historic constructions, most mounds in the United States are prehistoric earthworks, built by Native American peoples. Native Americans built a variety of mounds, including flat-topped pyramids or cones known as platform mounds, rounded cones, and ridge or loaf-shaped mounds. Some mounds took on unusual shapes, such as the outline of cosmologically significant animals. These are known as effigy mounds.

While these mounds are perhaps most famous as burial mounds, like their European analogs, Native American mounds also have a variety of other uses. While some prehistoric cultures, like the Adena culture, used mounds preferentially for burial, others used mounds for other ritual and sacred acts, as well as for secular functions. The platform mounds of the Mississippian culture, for example, may have supported temples, the houses of chiefs, council houses, and may have also acted as a platform for public speaking. The Hopewell culture used mounds as markers of complex astronomical alignments related to public ceremonialism.

Mounds and related earthworks are the only significant monumental construction in prehistoric Eastern North America

Answer 2

While Almond Joy had nuts, Mounds did not. You would think that with a name like 'Mounds' that they would have nuts or something. After all what were the 'Mounds' composed of?

We need to preserve the mounds for future generations due to their deliciousness and so that someday someone might solve the riddle of why they were called 'Mounds' even though they clearly did not have nuts.

Answer 3

Isn't the mounds where some ancient people were burried???? Saving them can help us learn about the past, like how the died and stuff..... it's all in the interest of science........

Answer 4

yes, what Ali said, burial mounds, part of history,, we learn from the past

Answer 5

I like YOUR mounds.