The smaller mounds may also have been built by later cultures.

The site continued to be used afterwards, but no more mounds were built or maintained.

The mounds were then built over them like grave markers.

This particular mound was built in successive stages over a period of a hundred years.

The Thal town is a mound, built with the material from its southern side.

The estate also has a chapel situated on a mound, built around the year 1600.

But when this mound was built there were towns here, busy and crowded.

The mounds are generally built close to the coast.

The mound could have been built as a display of power and prestige, for practical purposes, or both.

The mounds were built for religious ceremonies and not habitation.