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• grave mound — noun (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs • Syn: ↑burial mound, ↑barrow, ↑tumulus • Topics: ↑archeology, ↑archaeology • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Mound of Elendil —    Elendil s grave on the Halifirien.    The grave mound of Elendil, father of Isildur and Anárion, and first ruler of Arnor and Gondor. It stood on the hill later called the Halifirien, in the midst of the Firien Wood …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

• Mound Bottom — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

• Mound — Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville, West Virginia Als Mound werden künstlich geschaffene Hügel überwiegend im Südosten der Vereinigten Staaten bezeichnet, die von verschiedenen Indianerkulturen zu kulturellen und Begräbnis Zwecken errichtet wurden …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• mound — mound1 [mound] n. [prob. < MDu mond, protection, akin to ON mund, hand: see MANUAL] 1. a heap or bank of earth, sand, etc. built over a grave, in a fortification, etc. 2. a natural elevation like this; small hill 3. any heap or pile 4.… …   English World dictionary

• grave — [adj1] serious; gloomy cold sober*, deadpan*, dignified, dour, dull, earnest, grim, grimfaced, heavy, leaden, long faced, meaningful, muted, no nonsense*, ponderous, quiet, sad, sage, saturnine, sedate, sober, solemn, somber, staid, strictly… …   New thesaurus

• Grave Creek Mound — Infobox nrhp name = Grave Creek Mound nrhp type = nhl caption = Grave Creek Mound in 2006 location = Tomlinson and 9th Streets, Moundsville, West Virginia lat degrees = lat minutes = lat seconds = lat direction = N long degrees = long minutes =… …   Wikipedia

• Grave Creek Stone — The Grave Creek Stone is an object of archaeological debate. It was discovered in 1838 in Moundsville, West Virginia. The small sandstone disk is inscribed on one side with some twenty five characters; it has been described as both an artifact… …   Wikipedia

• Mound builder (people) — For other uses, see Mound builder (disambiguation). Monks Mound, located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, is the largest Pre Columbian earthwork in America north of Mesoamerica …   Wikipedia

• Mound of the Hostages — The Mound of the Hostages (Irish: Dumha na nGiall)[when?] is an ancient passage tomb located in the Tara Skryne Valley in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland. The mound is a Neolithic structure, built between 2500 and 3000 BCE. It is circular in form …   Wikipedia

• Mound Builders — Monks Mound, témoignage de la culture des bâtisseurs de tumulus, Illinois, États Unis Les Mounds Builders (« bâtisseurs de tumulus ») désignent un ensemble de peuples amérindiens disparus avant l arrivée des Européens, dans toute la… …   Wikipédia en Français