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The Great Serpent Mound is an ancient geoglyph located in Ohio. It’s a large earthen mound shaped like a serpent, measuring over one thousand feet long and representing a significant example of Native American earthwork construction. Constructed by the Adena culture around 100 BCE, it offers insight...
Effigy Mounds National Monument is a protected area in northeastern Iowa established in 1949 by the National Park Service. The monument preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds constructed by Native American cultures, including the Woodland and Mississippian periods. Along with conical burial moun...
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Major protected mound landscape with many effigies, national monument status, strong archaeological and public reputation.
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Man Mound is a prehistoric Native American effigy mound in Sauk County near Baraboo, Wisconsin, shaped as a stylized standing human figure. The surviving earthwork is about 214 feet long and is recognized as a National Historic Landmark; it is often described as the only known surviving human-shaped...
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Uniquely surviving anthropomorphic effigy mound with exceptional cultural rarity, despite partial historic damage and restrained visual spectacle.
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The Marching Bear Mounds are a group of ten effigy mounds located within Effigy Mounds National Monument in northeastern Iowa. Constructed by Native American Woodland culture populations between approximately 650 and 1400 CE, these earthworks are shaped to resemble bears in a sequential, marching pr...
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Signature Effigy Mounds group, strong ceremonial landscape value, high visitor recognition and preservation status.
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Rock Eagle Effigy Mound is a prehistoric archaeological site located in Putnam County, Georgia. Constructed from thousands of pieces of milky quartzite rock, the mound forms the shape of a large bird with a wingspan of over 100 feet. It was built during the Woodland period, approximately 1,000 to 3,...
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Prominent Georgia bird effigy mound, National Register status, strong regional recognition and visitor appeal.
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The Alligator Effigy Mound is a prehistoric earthen effigy mound located in Granville, Ohio, in Licking County. Measuring approximately 250 feet in length, it was built by Indigenous peoples of the Woodland tradition and is one of the few effigy mounds in the United States depicting a creature with...
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National Register effigy mound with unusual form and strong preservation value, debated animal identity slightly tempers acclaim.
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The Marching Bear Group represents an ancient geoglyph site located in Iowa. Ten earthen mounds shaped like bears are arranged in a linear procession, likely representing a significant cultural or spiritual event for the Mississippian culture. These structures offer insights into the beliefs and pra...
The Serpent Mound is a prehistoric effigy earthwork located in Adams County, Ohio, shaped distinctively in the form of a curving serpent. Measuring approximately 1,348 feet in length, it is recognized as the largest surviving serpent effigy in the world. The exact cultural origin of the mound remain...
The Great Bear Mound is a large animal-shaped earthwork within Effigy Mounds National Monument in northeastern Iowa. Measuring about 137 feet from head to tail, it belongs to a wider landscape of Indigenous burial and ceremonial mounds constructed in geometric and animal forms by peoples of the Wood...
The Rock Hawk Effigy Mound is an archaeological site consisting of a bird-shaped rock mound located in Putnam County, Georgia. Constructed from thousands of pieces of white quartzite rock, the effigy measures over 100 feet from wingtip to wingtip. It is one of only two confirmed bird effigy mounds f...
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Rare eastern bird effigy mound, important companion to Rock Eagle, less preserved and less famous.
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Man Mound is a prehistoric effigy mound near Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin, shaped in the outline of a human figure. Constructed by Indigenous mound builders, it is the only known surviving anthropomorphic effigy mound in North America, although part of the figure's lower section was damaged by...
Lizard Mound State Park is an archaeological site in Washington County, Wisconsin, preserving a collection of Native American effigy mounds. The park contains dozens of earthworks built by the Woodland-period peoples, primarily taking the shapes of animals such as lizards, panthers, and birds. These...
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