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Mounding site preparation: A review of European and North American experience

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Mounding site preparation in the northern boreal and temperate regions is reviewed under the following headings: Terminology, History, Kinds of mounds, Effects of mounding, and Mound making.

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Sutton, R.F. Mounding site preparation: A review of European and North American experience. New Forest 7, 151–192 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00034198

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