shell mound
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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
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
The next morning R�n� and De Gourges were rowed in one of the ship's boats to the shell mound, where the war-party of Alachuas was encamped.
From The Flamingo Feather by Munroe, Kirk
Towards evening a body of the enemy were seen gathered in plain view on and about the great shell mound upon which the Feast of Ripe Corn had been held some weeks before.
From The Flamingo Feather by Munroe, Kirk
An arrow-point made by a Patagonian Indian, one from a Japanese shell mound, and a third of the Stone Age from Ireland, are found to be practically identical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
