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          | Earthworks of Eastern North America Mound City and Chillicothe
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            | Mound City Group, Hopewell Culture National
                  Historical Park Inside an earthen enclosure over 2000 feet wide, a
                concentration of burial mounds yielded a wealth of artifacts when
                excavated. Mound City Group is one of several ancient earthworks
                now owned by the National Park
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                |  | This image views the enclosure wall and several
                    mounds from the NW corner, looking east. The corners of the enclosure
                    walls are somewhat rounded. |  | 
          
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                  | This image views Central Mound, the tallest
                  mound. | 
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                  | From the largest Mound City mound to  Hopewell
                    Mound equals 0.0002 circumference distance, 1/5,000th. | 
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            | Site Coordinates |   
            | Longitude | Latitude | Location |  
                    | 83.002472 | 39.373222 | Mound City SE embankment line intersection |  
                    | 83.006111 | 39.377417 | Mound City NW embankment line intersection |  
                    | 83.005361 | 39.375083 | Mound City SW embankment line intersection |  
                    | 83.004431 | 39.376306 | Mound City Central Mound, mean  2 GPS |  Google
                  Earth placemarks file displaying GPS readings.                   |  |