JustJill Loc: Iowa

Thank you for the two thumbs up.

Believe it or not Loc: West Virginia

One located in Moundsville, West Virginia near the Ohio river.

JustJill Loc: Iowa

Seems like they were located near rivers, since that was the mode of travel back then. Either that or by foot.

Paul Diamond Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA

Jill,
I agree. Since you don't list where you live (your choice), showing the location of these mounds is important and should be included with your photos for the benefit of all of us.

I know Indian mounds of Ohio and Georgia. Each is distinctively different. Where are these. - Please think of your viewers when you post. What do they need to know, what helps them if they know it to make the pictures more relevant. No negativity. Just, please share for these pics and for any you post in the future. Thanks

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

If you check her posts you find in her first one she says she lives in Iowa.
There are a lot sites of the various "Mound Builder" cultures there.
Just look them up. And your state of Georgia has a lot of them also.

JustJill Loc: Iowa

Thank you for your comment. Someone else said the same thing and I did provide a link. I hope you saw it. You are correct, these mounds are fascinating because they served different purposes.
Here is some more information in the ones in my original post.

https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/naturalresources/cultural/documents/dunleithmounds.pdf

Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio

I think we're discovering a lot of good things because of Jill's post. Probably the most important is the location of where images are taken. But as far as Native American cultures, a lot of them in the eastern US seemed to have a lot of time on their hands and they liked to dig. These earthworks extend from Florida all the way to the Great Lakes and as far west as the Mississippi and beyond. I'm from Ohio and didn't realize how extensive they were until I saw this post. Speaking of Ohio and I suspect other states as well, these earthworks are pretty much off the beaten path (probably covered up by some Adean bad boy with a shovel) and not readily accessible to conventional travelers. There is one earthwork, just east of Columbus, the Newark Earthworks, that has a circular mound 3/4 mile in circumference that is worth a look if you are in the area.

JustJill Loc: Iowa

And to think that they had no modern tools to build the mounds with. I read that they did not even have a wheelbarrow. The dirt was probably carried a bucket full at a time.

14kphotog Loc: Marietta, Ohio

Come to Ohio, we have many mounds in southern Ohio. I grew up in Marietta next to the Mound cemetery, tall cone shape .The "serpent mound is near " Peebles,'' OH. Snake shape over 60 acres in size.

Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio

Hard to have a wheelbarrow without a wheel. And a bucketful is a lot better than a handful. Thanks for putting up a fun topic.