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Description: A diagram showing the various components of ceremonial substructure platform mounds used by the Mississippian and Plaquemine cultures, including multiple layers of mound construction, mound structures such as temples or mortuaries, ramps with log stairs, prior structures under later layers, multiple terraces and intrusive burials.
Title: Mississippian culture mound components HRoe 2011
Credit: Own work
Author: Herb Roe
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
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