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Memorial Mound. Memorial Mound is a below-ground mausoleum constructed in 1992 by Claude Booth on a 16-acre site at 3500 Dartmouth Avenue in Bessemer. The floor of the interior of the mound is eight feet below grade, accessed by a wide stairway flanked by fountains.
Most mound ceremonial centers are built near rivers and lakes. Mound builders lived in small communities of families led by elders. They made pilgrimages to the closest ceremonial centers to make offerings to their gods and to bury their loved ones. The ceremonial centers were built on timbers, often with a temple for sacrifices on top and crypts to bury the dead underneath.