Mounds State Park
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Mounds State Park contains and preserves some of the finest examples of earthwork and mound building in Indiana. Built by the Adena and Hopewell cultures around 160 B.C., the 10 mounds and earthworks within the park boundary range in size from a few inches tall to several feet high. These mounds were used primarily for ceremony, celebration, and observing of celestial bodies. Research indicates that these mounds were used to track the seasons (via solar alignments and other stellar alignments).
