Multiple Choice
The purpose for most of the larger mounds-like Monks Mound-built at places like Cahokia was:
A) to serve as burial places for the elite
B) to serve as platforms for temples built at their summits
C) to enclose the elite precincts of the community
D) to serve as archaeoastronomical viewing places
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