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Mounds

Scope note

Use for piles of earth heaped up for landmarks, monuments, or as bases for other structures; for piles of earth and other debris resulting from successive superimposed occupation sites, use "tells." For piles of earth built over grave sites, use "burial mounds." Use "cairns" for purposely erected piles of stones.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30008024

Broader Terms used

earthworks (engineering works)

Narrower Terms used

cairns

Equivalent Terms used

mound

Created

13yrs ago

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