Mound Builders
-
Effigy Mounds National Monument – Harpers Ferry, Iowa
-
Video of Effigy Mounds National Monument – Harpers Ferry, Iowa
This Monument, near Marquette, Iowa and across the Mississippi River from Prairie du Chen, Wisconsin, has some of the best preserved effigy mounds in the Midwest. There are over 200 mounds in this 2,500 acre Monument. 31 mounds are in the shapes of birds or bears. The largest, the Great Bear, is 137 feet long. President Harry Truman designated the area a Monument in 1949. Research has revealed evidence that the mound-building cultures existed here for at least 1,800 years. The mound building cultures of the upper Midwest built their mounds sometime between 800 b.c. And a.d. 1200. The effigy mounds were built in the latter half of that time period. Music copyright 2007 by Maury Smith. Slide show by John Wanserski.
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Indian Mounds of Wisconsin by R. A. Birmingham and L. E. Eisenberg
-
Topographic Map of Effigy Mounds National Monument – Harpers Ferry, Iowa
-
Legs of Man Mound, Man Mound Park – Baraboo, Wisconsin
-
Planting Prairie Grass at Man Mound Park 100 yr. Rededication – Baraboo, Wisconsin
-
Man Mound Park – Baraboo, Wisconsin
-
Topographic Map of Man Mound County Park – Baraboo, Wisconsin
-
Video of Man Mound Park – Baraboo, Wisconsin
On Saturday, August 9, 2008, the Man Mound Archeological Site was rededicated by the organizations that were responsible for its preservation: the Sauk County Historical Society, the Wisconsin Archaeological Society and the Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Clubs.
“Only one effigy mound in the shape of a human being has survived nearly intact. It is located near the base of a high hill in Man Mound County Park, to the northeast of Baraboo. Probably built more than 1,000 years ago, this huge mound is in the form of a walking man who has horns or is wearing a horned headdress, such as a buffalo-horn headdress, which is characteristically worn by Native American shamans in more recent times.” From: Indian Mounds of Wisconsin by Robert A. Birmingham and Leslie E. Eisenberg, p.205.
Odd Wisconsin Archive; In the Strangest of Places
On the Man-Shaped Mounds of Wisconsin by Increase A. Lapham
Indian Mounds of Wisconsin by Robert A. Birmingham and Leslie E. Eisenberg
