Why did the people known as mound builders build mounds

Mound builders would build mounds so "people could live on them", they also built them for religious and ceremonial purposes. Mounds are flat top hills where  native Americans would build their houses on top, mainly leaders, or elites members of the tribes would live on mounds.

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