Lewiston Mound is a prehistoric

burial mound Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objec ...

built by the

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of the

Hopewell tradition The Hopewell tradition, also called the Hopewell culture and Hopewellian exchange, describes a network of precontact Native American cultures that flourished in settlements along rivers in the northeastern and midwestern Eastern Woodlands from 1 ...

. It is located on the grounds of the

Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park (or Earl W. Brydges State Artpark) is a state park located in the Lewiston (village), New York, Village of Lewiston in Niagara County, New York, Niagara County, New York (state), New York. The park, which is of ...

, at Lewiston in

Niagara County, New York Niagara County is in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 212,666. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word ''Onguiaahra''; meaning ''the strait'' or ''thunder of ...

. Lewiston Mound was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1974.

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Image:Lewiston Mound Sign Jun 09.JPG, Lewiston Mound Sign

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Point Peninsula Complex Mounds in the United States Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Protected areas of Niagara County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Niagara County, New York {{NiagaraCountyNY-NRHP-stub

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