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Great Serpent Mound
earthwork, Ohio, United States
Also known as: Adena Serpent Mound
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Adena effigy mound
- In Native American art: Midwest and Great Plains
The Serpent Mound in Ohio is an example of this custom. Truncated pyramids served as large bases for wooden temples, now long vanished but still in use when Spanish explorers first entered the region. Monks Mound, dominating the Cahokia Mounds, near Collinsville, Illinois, is the largest…
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