1. Moundbuilders

2. Where the Moundbuilders built
Wisconsin to Georgia

3. Mounds Built by hand 2 mile stockade around the city for defense
Mounds were used:
As temples
Homes of Priests
Burial sites
Center of art and commerce
Up to 50 feet high
Effigy- shape of an animal
Larger than European cities
Trade routes and highways
Imp. Minerals- tall grass for thatch
Crowed city
Placement of the mound was not random

4. Serpent Mound

5. "The most famous of all such (effigy) mounds is the Great Serpent Mound in Adams County, 1,330 feet in length along its coils and averaging three feet in height.” --E.H. Roseboom & F. P. Weisenburger A History of Ohio

7. Rock Eagle Mound, Georgia By the Hopewell or Adena

8. Poverty Point Mound, Louisiana
500 acres or square miles
Purposes?? Ceremonial or
trading center or settlement

10. Emerald Mound Mississippian Culture
One of the largest ceremonial mounds in the United States
It rises 35 feet high and covers 8 acres