Platform mound

The Kincaid site in Massac County, Illinois, showing platform mounds. Illustration by artist Herb Roe.

A platform mound is any earthwork or mound intended to support a structure or elevate an activity. It typically refers to a flat-topped mound whose sides may be cylindrical or pyramidal, forming a frustum.

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