The following us a presentation I did on
10/21/2006 about the Mound Builder Myth and why it is important for
people to know about it. The truth is that MANY earthen structures were
found east of the Mississippi River - but because nobody knows about
them, finding something like Spanish Hill that may very well go back in
prehistoric times and have some sort of connection to the "Mound
Builder" culture seems a stretch. I think after you watch the following
video though - you may realize that "The Mound Builders WERE
here.
This is 45
minutes long, so you will have to be patient to allow it to
load...it will start on it's own...This is also a podcast - if
you have Itunes -
click here.
The Mound
Builders WERE Here.
This is a
presentation I did on October 21st 2006, telling the story
of how the mystery of who made the great earthen structures
and complexes found east of the Mississippi by the earliest
white settlers and explorers is finally being cleared up.
Types
of Man-Made Mounds
Man-made mounds are mounds that were made from the ground up and fall
into four basic shapes or categories. Conical mounds, Effigy mounds,
Temple Mounds and Geometric (usually linear) mounds. Use the following
Links to learn more.
Conical Mounds- look like pyramids except that they are rounded. They, just as the great pyramids, were built in honor of some special shaman or king, and are in fact burial sites for them as well.
Effigy Mounds - are shaped like animals and or spirits, and were believed to have ceremonial, navigational and calendar-like purposes. It is known that many of these align with the stars and could have been used to predict solstices, and even eclipses.
Temple Mounds - were mounds that either were man-made or "truncated" natural hills. Structures (many times temples) were placed upon the flattened top and were considered to be "living spaces" for shamans or their leaders and their families.
Geometric-Shaped Mounds - were usually circular, square, or linear in shape, and were thought to have alot of the same uses as the effigy mounds, but sometimes (like the Newark site above) were believed to be created together to build ceremonial & observatory inside large complexes.
To learn more about the people who built the mounds, use the following links:
