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  2. List of World Heritage Sites in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The complex represents a well-preserved cultural landscape of the 18th-century American South, inspired by English models. [41] Serpent Mound: Ohio: 2008 i, iii, iv (cultural) The Serpent Mound is a large effigy mound in shape of a snake that was built around 1120 CE by the Fort Ancient culture. The structure is 1,348 ft (411 m) long and up to ...

  3. Cultural history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Developments in the culture of the United States in modern history have often been followed by similar changes in the rest of the world (American cultural imperialism). This includes knowledge, customs, and arts of Americans, as well as events in the social, cultural, and political spheres.

  4. List of Hopewell sites - Wikipedia

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    The site was in use during the Miller 1 phase of the Miller culture [2] and was built between 1 and 200 CE. It is considered to be one of the largest and most important sites from this era. [11] Portsmouth Earthworks: The Portsmouth Earthworks is a large mound complex constructed by the Ohio Hopewell culture (100 BCE to 500 CE). [12]

  5. Mound Builders - Wikipedia

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    The Coles Creek culture is a Late Woodland culture (700–1200 CE) in the Lower Mississippi Valley in the Southern United States that marks a significant change in the cultural history of the area. Population and cultural and political complexity increased, especially by the end of the Coles Creek period.

  6. Culture of the United States - Wikipedia

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    [26] [192] [193] Social class, generally described as a combination of educational attainment, income and occupational prestige, is one of the greatest cultural influences in America. [26] Nearly all cultural aspects of mundane interactions and consumer behavior in the U.S. are guided by a person's location within the country's social structure.

  7. Clovis culture - Wikipedia

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    The Clovis culture is an archaeological culture from the Paleoindian period of North America, spanning around 13,050 to 12,750 years Before Present (BP). [1] The type site is Blackwater Draw locality No. 1 near Clovis, New Mexico, where stone tools were found alongside the remains of Columbian mammoths in 1929. [2]

  8. Native American cultures in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The northwest culture area, for example, shared common traits such as salmon fishing, woodworking, large villages or towns, and a hierarchical social structure. [4] Native Americans in the United States fall into several distinct ethnolinguistic and territorial phyla, with diverse governmental and economic systems.

  9. Culture of the Southern United States - Wikipedia

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    Combined with the influence of increasing numbers from an African American New Great Migration, [67] and also from Latin America and Asia, the historic "Southern culture" has been transformed. However—partly due to its membership in the Confederacy and history as part of the Solid South —and the fact much of the state lies within the Bible ...