Question

What were the purposes of the earthworks built by cultures of eastern North America? SELECT THREE .

A.as burial mounds
B.as temple platforms
C.as astronomical observatories
D.as defensive structures
E.as fields for athletic competition

Answer 1

• As burial mounds
• As temple platforms
• As defensive structures

Step-by-step explanation

Earthworks is the process of soil disturbance in any means which includes excavation, digging tunnels and the construction/reconstruction of any track, embankment, or drainage channel. In eastern North America cultures were built by earthworks for the purposes of burial mounds which were used as graves , temple platforms where different groups of people went for worship, they were also built by earth-workers and defensive structures. These allowed people to be able to defend themselves whenever war broke.