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The earthen walls hold back the rain that rolls down the vast Texas prairies, through Houston, on its way to the gulf.
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Laura Sullivan, NPR, 8 June 2025
In August 2023, scientists returned to the site and took samples from three of the earthen mounds located various distances from the Menominee River.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
Their bodies, buried in the same earthen dam, became an altar — proof that the struggle for Black freedom and the Jewish battle against antisemitism were inseparable projects of American redemption.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
The complex was ringed by an earthen mound, which archaeologists suspect was built with dirt taken from a nearby hill.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025
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Laura Sullivan, NPR, 8 June 2025
In August 2023, scientists returned to the site and took samples from three of the earthen mounds located various distances from the Menominee River.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
Their bodies, buried in the same earthen dam, became an altar — proof that the struggle for Black freedom and the Jewish battle against antisemitism were inseparable projects of American redemption.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
The complex was ringed by an earthen mound, which archaeologists suspect was built with dirt taken from a nearby hill.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025
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“Earthen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthen. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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