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Afterimages of Kincaid Mounds
… how the monumental organization of Kincaid Mounds was put together through time. The measurable variability in the potential performative presentation of the mounds and structures of Kincaid will be treated as an archaeological dataset for the exploration of social change. This dataset will …
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A Microdebitage Analysis of the Winterville Mounds Site (22WS500)
<p>The Winterville Mounds site (22WS500) was a civic ceremonial center of 23 mounds and is located near Greenville in northwest Mississippi. Winterville excavations as field schools are ongoing since 2005 under the direction of Dr. H. Edwin Jackson of The University of Southern Mississippi. …
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MISSISSIPPIAN COMMUNITY-MAKING THROUGH EVERYDAY ITEMS AT KINCAID MOUNDS
… to explore the southern Illinois site of Kincaid Mounds during the latter portion of its Mississippian period occupation, with a focus on how community was constructed and maintained within and through time. I do so using evidence from the non-discursive aspects of ceramic and architectural …
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Genesis And Environmental Position Of The Algal Mounds Of The Stonehenge Formation
Carbonate mounds of the Lower Ordovician (Canadian) Stonehenge Formation contain evidence of algal origin in the form of convex upward growth structures, stromatolites, and filamentous algae. Facies distribution and thickness relationships of the Stonehenge show that the mounds formed near the …
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MISSISSIPPIAN MUD MOUNDS OF DERBYSHIRE (ENGLAND, UK): FACIES ARCHITECTURE AND BIOTIC EVOLUTION
Mud mounds are carbonate buildups, part of the reef spectrum, consisting dominantly of carbonate mud, with no or minor skeletal framework. The carbonate mud commonly shows texture (clotted peloidal, homogeneous with primary cavities), indicative of an origin through in-situ precipitation by …
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Temper, Mounds, And Palisades: The Walford Site (22Su501) Of Sunflower County, Mississippi
… Mississippian structures, as well as one of the mounds. Using stratigraphy, GIS, and ceramic analysis, the date of this palisade was determined to be Late Woodland or Early Mississippian.
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Luminescence dating of Scottish burnt mounds: new investigations in Orkney and Shetland
… new research on the luminescence dating of burnt mounds in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Through an examination of available evidence for Scottish burnt mounds, a number of key problematic areas have been identified in relation to our understanding of these sites and their place within the …
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Plant community restoration on mima mounds at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, WA
… and basalt bedrock that are dotted with Mima mounds (naturally occurring aggregations of fine particle soil). The mounds provide valuable habitat for native plants and animals and many have been heavily invaded by exotic plant species, particularly winter annual grasses such as Bromus tectorum …
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Archaeobotanical Analyses of the Winterville Mounds Site (22ws500) and Other Southeastern Ceremonial Complexes
… botanical remains recovered from Winterville Mounds (22WS500) and seventy- two other Late Woodland and Mississippian sites, from seven states, was conducted to identify their potential medicinal and ritual use of seventy-five botanicals based on reported ethnobotanical evidence. By classifying …
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Soil formation in Indian Mounds built from different parent materials in northeast Iowa
<p>http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5503298</p>
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Road traffic noise barrier design : measurements and models concerning multiple-walls and augmented earth mounds
… information available for the design of earth mounds was limited, although this barrier type is commonly used in practice and is known to have a number of non-acoustic benefits. Initial investigations showed that the performance of an earth mound could be enhanced by the use of multiple-walls …
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Mississippian Feasting Strategies In the Lower Mississippi Valley: Archaeobotanical Analysis of Two Features From Winterville Mounds (22WS500)
<p>Winterville Mounds (22WS500), a multi-mound site in the Yazoo Basin located just north of Greenville, Mississippi, is representative of Mississippian culture in the lower Mississippi River valley. Botanical macroremains from flotation samples from two large pit features from the Winterville site …
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Mounds In The Landscape: A Comparative Study Of Landscape Archaeology In English-Speaking Northwest Europe And North America
… by groups of people, such as the building of mounds and other monuments. Thus, the study of past landscape use is an important part in understanding our own interests. Over the years, developments in archaeology have come to include various perspectives on how past landscapes should be …
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Pictish Mounds and Norse Assembly Sites: Norse Settlement and Landscapes in the Orkney Islands from the 9th to 11th century
… it examines how earlier sites—like burial mounds, Iron Age structures, and assembly places—were reused and reinterpreted to reflect Norse ideas of authority, memory, and belonging. With focuses on early contact and interaction between the Norse and the Pictish population of Orkney. As Norse …
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Ecological Impact of Epigeal Termitaria on Vertebrates in the Tsavo Region of Southeast Kenya
… their environment by producing termitaria (mounds) used by many other species as dens, lookouts or food sources. The role of termite mounds in biological communities is relatively unknown, despite their ubiquitous nature. I investigated their impact on vertebrates in the Tsavo region of …
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Contesting the termite hypothesis for the origins of heuweltjies in Clanwilliam, South Africa
The age and origins of large earth mounds (locally termed "heuweltjies") is under debate, with ages being proposed for between 4500 and 30 000 years old, and hypotheses including zoogenic and geological origins of the mounds. The widely accepted hypothesis for the origins of the heuweltjies found …
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Nest Morphogenesis and Population Ecology of Two Species of Formica
… morphogenesis of F. obscurlpes mounds was found to follow a predictable pattern with three well defined but transitional nest forms: (1) Stage I, characterized by a thatched dome without excavation, (2) Stage IT, characterized by a raised, thatched dome, earthen embankment and an …
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