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1000:Fort Ancient
980:Ellis Mounds
960:Benham Mound
668:South Dakota
658:Rhode Island
653:Pennsylvania
633:North Dakota
353:
344:. Vol. 2.
341:
319:
314:
299:
261:
246:
242:amphitheatre
235:
202:
200:
18:
1586:Black drink
1458:Pierce Site
1372:Miller Site
1238:Duncan Farm
1182:Wilson site
1162:Hubele site
789:Other areas
749:Puerto Rico
583:Mississippi
498:Connecticut
268:mound group
253:Hopewellian
249:pastureland
221:in eastern
158: /
134:Coordinates
1641:Categories
1565:Sea shells
1478:Yent Mound
1065:Oak Mounds
698:Washington
618:New Mexico
613:New Jersey
488:California
279:References
238:enclosures
227:earthworks
211:U.S. state
146:83°30′40″W
143:39°10′19″N
1560:Pipestone
1167:Mann site
955:Beam Farm
708:Wisconsin
673:Tennessee
578:Minnesota
553:Louisiana
358:Fort Hill
257:Fort Hill
1555:Obsidian
864:Category
693:Virginia
643:Oklahoma
623:New York
598:Nebraska
588:Missouri
573:Michigan
563:Maryland
548:Kentucky
528:Illinois
503:Delaware
493:Colorado
483:Arkansas
324:Columbus
186:73001479
124:Marshall
119:Location
1070:Orators
810:Related
713:Wyoming
688:Vermont
593:Montana
533:Indiana
513:Georgia
508:Florida
478:Arizona
468:Alabama
1540:Galena
1535:Copper
648:Oregon
603:Nevada
543:Kansas
518:Hawaii
473:Alaska
409:Topics
205:is an
780:Palau
678:Texas
558:Maine
523:Idaho
1545:Mica
734:Guam
683:Utah
638:Ohio
538:Iowa
215:Ohio
201:The
171:Area
128:Ohio
322:.
213:of
181:No.
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360:,
331:^
304:.
298:.
287:^
275:.
244:.
126:,
898:e
891:t
884:v
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394:e
387:t
380:v
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