Assertion: mound | /r/HasProperty | built
Facets:
value: by depositing earth
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: But when this mound was built there were towns here, busy and crowded.
text: They examine the headland where the mound is built.
text: The construction has been estimated to have required the work of 40–50 people felling trees the winter before the mound was built, followed by 450–600 over the summer to build it; or 160–200 men working for 150 days.
text: The earlier burials were in mounds that were still being built as late as the ninth century, while later burials were in cemeteries.
text: Late 20th-century studies showed the mounds were built and occupied by prehistoric indigenous peoples of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture) of eastern North America.
text: At the base of the mound is a 6-inch (15 cm) layer of "black dirt and shell with refuse", a likely indication that it was built atop a seasonal camp or village that had been inhabited before the mound was built.
text: The mound was built by depositing earth along the sides of a natural hill, thus reshaping it and creating an enormous artificial plateau.
text: It's likely that these mounds were built using a simple "bucket brigade" system, with thousands of people passing soil along from one to another using some form of crude container, such as a woven basket, a hide sack or a wooden platter.
text: Some mounds of this period were built to bury important members of local tribal groups.
text: We know little about how or why the mounds were built.
text: Some mounds of this period were built to bury important members of local tribal groups.
text: Some mounds were built by piling and packing dirt on the ground surface into the desired shape.
text: We cannot with certainty answer the question of why mounds were built where they are, but we can say that humans share a certain sense of what is aesthetically pleasing and that high places with unrestricted views are commonly set aside for special activities, whether for burying the dead, practicing one’s spirituality, or taking a moment to enjoy the world around us.