shell mound
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The 2.2-acre parking lot is the only undeveloped portion of the West Berkeley shell mound, a three-block area Berkeley designated as a landmark in 2000.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Anglo settlers took over the land and razed the shell mound to line roadbeds in Berkeley with shells.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
So Thorn told his grandfather that he was going home with the shell mound people.
From The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone by Margaret A. McIntyre
"Is that hump of rubbish a shell mound?" he demanded scornfully.
From The Firing Line by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
They lugged the tent back among the trees to the low shell mound, where in the centre of a ring of pines and evergreen oaks his open-faced shack stood, thatched with palmetto fans.
From Quick Action by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
