The Purpose for Most of the Larger Mounds-Like Monks Mound-Built

question 75

Multiple Choice

The purpose for most of the larger mounds-like Monks Mound-built at places like Cahokia was:

• A) to serve as burial places for the elite
• B) to serve as platforms for temples built at their summits
• C) to enclose the elite precincts of the community
• D) to serve as archaeoastronomical viewing places

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