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e. split mound             (mounds in
                                 nature)





      a. crater or lake bed  	 In the case of craters (photo) such forms are caused
                                 6.  inverted mounds
                                                 by high speed impact of large dense masses upon
                                                 a surface having a degree of resilience. Related
                                                 indentations are to be found on lake beds where
                                                 curvature was formed through erosion.     Meteor crater, Arizona
      a.  non-integrative inverted mound 7.  some mound   These forms relate to mounds due to their reliance
                                   variations    upon the horizontal and 'or their curvature. Includes:
                                                 non-integrative-inverted mounds (bowls, 7a); stilted
                                                 mounds, domes on drums such as Pantheon or
                                                 observatory, (7b) (photo), silo (see p. 165) mushroom
                                                 (7c) (photo), elevated storage chamber (on stem with
                                                 curved base, 7d) (photo); half-cylinder (mail box
       b. mound on drum                          and quonset hut, 7e) (seep. 165); cones or drums used
                                                 for storage or symbol (obelisk, 7f).











      c. mushroom                                                                          Observatory, Mount Palomar, California












      d. elevated storage chamber






                                                                                           Mushrooms, Macomb, Illinois










      e. half-cylinder









                                                                                           Storage chamber, Kansas
       f. cone on drum













                                                                                           Storage tank, Iowa
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