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Everett Knoll Complex, also known as Everett Mound is a Hopewell site in Northeast Ohio near the unincorporated community of Everett within Cuyahoga Valley National Park.It consists of a ~16 ft (4.9 m) diameter mound directly south of Everett road and habitation sites surrounding it.
The site was used during the Middle Woodland Period and is associated with the Connestee people, [7] ancestors of the Cherokee. [8] They are a place of importance in Cherokee historical memory. [5] Native American presence in the area dates to as early as 8,000 BC. [9] The mound was built over an older settlement dating to about 300 AD.
In contrast, an intaglio "mound" is a hole dug in the shape of the object. The Panther Intaglio in Fort Atkinson is a cavity 125 feet long and two feet deep on the north side of the Rock River. [2] The shape of the hole has been described as a lizard, a panther, and a water spirit.
The mound system was designed in the 1930s by the North Dakota College of Agriculture. [1] and was known as the Nodak Disposal System.In 1976, the University of Wisconsin studied the design of mound systems as part of the university's Waste Management Project.
A modern view of a medieval pillow mound at Stoke Poges, England. The most characteristic structure of the "cony-garth" ("rabbit-yard") [1] is the pillow mound.These were "pillow-like", oblong mounds with flat tops, frequently described as being "cigar-shaped", and sometimes arranged like the letter E or into more extensive, interconnected rows.
Some mounds were developed with separate levels (or terraces) and aprons, such as Emerald Mound, which is one large terrace with two smaller mounds on its summit; or Monks Mound, which has four separate levels and stands close to 100 feet (30 m) in height. Monks Mound had at least ten separate periods of mound construction over a 200-year period.
The mounds sometimes have a diameter of 30 metres (98 ft). Most of the mounds are in well-drained areas. Termite mounds usually outlive the colonies themselves. If the inner tunnels of the nest are exposed it is usually dead. Sometimes other colonies, of the same or different species, occupy a mound after the original builders' deaths. [1]