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Yes. The earliest mounds, dating to perhaps as early as 500 BC, were all conical (round) mounds and often contained many burials. About 700 AD, Native Americans began to build effigy mounds, mounds in the shapes of animals like birds, bears, and panthers. Effigy mounds typically contain only a few burials.
