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How were the mounds built by the mound builders?

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Adena Indians built mounds using the women and girls of the tribe. They carried clay and earth in woven baskets to the site of the mound. The men only supervised.
This from the book"Mounds in the Mist, by Harry Kroll and Mildred Payne

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