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The Mound Builders were various groups of prehistoric inhabitants of North America who built mounds. The mounds of North America, according to archaeological research, were built over a long period of time, about 5,000 years, by different types of societies.

Mound Builder or Mound People is also a general term referring to the Native North American peoples who constructed various styles of earthen mounds. In the eastern US, these included the Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian cultures.

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