a burial mound or cairn.
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| 释义 | society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > mound or dome (10) mind hilla1425 a burial mound or cairn. mound1775 Archaeology. A kind of earthwork constructed by members of a prehistoric North American Indian people, found chiefly in the Ohio and Mississippi… Indian mound1791 a mound or earthwork erected by prehistoric American Indians as a burial place, fortification, altar, etc.; cf. mound, n.2 4a. tope1815 An ancient structure, in the form of a dome or tumulus of masonry, for the preservation of relics or in commemoration of some fact; numerous… tell1840 Originally in the Middle and Near East: a mound or small hill; (in later use chiefly spec. in Archaeology) a mound formed from the accumulated… stupa1841 A structure serving as a Buddhist monument, shrine, or mausoleum; esp. a domed or bell-shaped structure topped with a spire. Cf. chedi, n., dagoba, n.… ruin-mound1911 = tell, n.2 ahu1917 In Eastern Polynesia: a raised platform or mound; esp. a platform of earth or stone used as a memorial or (as on Easter Island) as a support for… ishan1921 A prehistoric mound in Iraq. pillow mound1928 a type of low, rectangular earthwork. |
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