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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 effigy mound of its kind. The site is important for studying Wisconsin’s effigy-mound tradition and for preserving Indigenous cultural heritage.
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Where is Man Mound located?
Man Mound is in Greenfield Township in Sauk County, Wisconsin, northeast of Baraboo. Most of the mound is preserved within Man Mound Park, although the historic road passes through part of the figure. [Wisconsin Historical Society](https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/record/national-register/NR2177)
How old is Man Mound?
The Wisconsin Historical Society dates its construction broadly to AD 750 through 1200. That places it within the Late Woodland period and the regional effigy mound tradition. [Wisconsin Historical Society](https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/record/national-register/NR2177)
How large is Man Mound?
Sauk County describes the earthwork as approximately 214 feet long and 48 feet wide. Its lower legs and feet were damaged by Man Mound Road and later agricultural use. [Sauk County](https://www.co.sauk.wi.us/parksandrecreation/man-mound-national-historic-landmark)
What makes Man Mound historically unusual?
The Wisconsin Historical Society identifies it as the only surviving earthen anthropomorphic effigy in the Upper Midwest. It is a raised effigy mound shaped like a standing human figure, not a flat desert geoglyph. [Wisconsin Historical Society](https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/record/national-register/NR2177)
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