Indigenous Pyramids in the United States & North America

‘Mound-building’ began as much as <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/abs/watson-brake-a-middle-archaic-mound-complex-in-northeast-louisiana/4A722B1B6A8330E4F26BB9EE3E7FCD74" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">5,500 years ago</a> in North America. And many of these so-called mounds, are deserving of a more iconic term to accurately describe their purpose. Indigenous pyramids have been called mounds for centuries. But it’s hardly accurate. While they do appear mound-like, especially following years of weathering and erosion, many of these giant heaps of earth are dismissed as something less impressive than what they actually are through the language we use to label them. Referring to these pyramids as mounds harms the public perception of what these earthen structures are and the significance they held to their ancient builders. <a href="https://medium.com/@AngryAtheist/indigenous-pyramids-in-the-united-states-north-america-73c56ee6158a">Read More</a>