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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 89. Chapters: Maya architecture, Mesoamerican architecture, Mound builders, Traditional Native American dwellings, Palisade, Tumulus, Iowa archaeology, Hopewell tradition, Pyramid of the Magician, Tikal Temple V, List of burial mounds in the United States, Mississippian culture, Dugout, List of Hopewell sites, Tikal Temple I, Tipi, Temple of the Inscriptions, Tocobaga, List of Mesoamerican pyramids, Wigwam, Tikal Temple II, St. Johns culture, Longhouses of the indigenous peoples of North America, San Bartolo, Poverty Point culture, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, Quiggly hole, Pueblo, Earth lodge, Corbel arch, Puuc, El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Baytown culture, Triadic pyramid, Quinzhee, Marksville culture, Caloosahatchee culture, Chickee, Kansas City Hopewell, Maya Bridge at Yaxchilan, Point Peninsula Complex, Deptford culture, Tecoatl, Talud-tablero, El Caracol, Chichen Itza, Earthwork, E-Group, Rio Bec, Hut, Akab Dzib, Belle Glade culture, Theodore B. Schaer Mound, Platform mound, Roberts Mound, Fort Walton Culture, Sacbe, Glades culture, Rennert Mound Archeological District, Edith Ross Mound, Leon-Jefferson Culture, Center for American Archeology, William Pidgeon, Wesley Butler Archeological District, Etna Township Mounds, Moar Mound and Village Site, Palmillas, Jacal, Mathew Mound, Sascab, Demoret Mound, Upper Mississippian culture, Chultun, Smoke hole, Smoke flaps, Ramada, Aberdeen Mound, Roof comb, Lamanai Structure N10-9, Wetu, High Temple, Lamanai, Mask Temple, Lamanai. Excerpt: A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hugelgrab or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn. A long barrow is a long tumulus, usually for nu...
