In the northeast corner of Iowa, near the confluence of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, lies a collection of more than 200 earthworks, built between 650 and 1200 AD or so by ancestors of Indigenous peoples still living in the state. Effigy Mounds National Monument in Allamakee and Clayton counties is unique among Midwestern mound sites: […]
Effigy Mounds
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New site to be examined at Effigy Mounds this summer
Effigy Mounds National Monument in northeast Iowa, home to over 200 prehistoric Indian mounds on the 2,500 acres north of Marquette, might add another mound to the map. Last summer, field work revealed a new mound in the northeast part of the park, which was established in 1949. The discovery has not been confirmed as […]
