Effigy Mounds National Monument
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National preserve, northeastern Iowa, U.S. Located on the Mississippi River, it covers 1,475 acres (597 hectares).
Established in 1949, the monument has 183 known mounds, some of which are in the shape of birds and bears. The mounds were built over the course of the Woodland period (1000 BC–AD 1200), with the effigy mounds probably constructed between AD 400 and 1200. Some of the mounds have yielded copper, bone, and stone tools of Indian origin. One of the bear mounds is 137 ft (42 m) long and 3.5 ft (1 m) high.
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area of 4 square miles (10 square km) containing numerous ancient Native American burial (
burial mound) and ceremonial mounds in northeastern
Iowa, U.S., on the
Mississippi River, a few miles north of McGregor. Established in 1949 and located on bluffs overlooking the river, the monument has 195 known mounds. Most of the mounds are conical, but about 30 are effigies in the shape of birds and bears. The oldest mounds have been dated to about 450 #, but the effigy mounds themselves were built by a later culture (probably in AD 500–1300). Many of the mounds have yielded copper, bone, and stone tools of Native American origin. The largest of the bear mounds is 137 feet (42 metres) long and 3.5 feet (1 metre) high. Mixed deciduous forests and tallgrass prairies are found in the area. Wildlife species include white-tailed deer and a wide variety of birds, notably bald eagles that nest in the bluffs along the Mississippi.
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Universalium.
2010.
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