Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by pre-Columbian Mound Builder cultures, mostly in the first millennium...

burial mound function. The builders of the effigy mounds are usually referred to as the Mound Builders. Over 3200 animal-shaped effigy mounds have been...

The Alligator Effigy Mound is an effigy mound in Granville, Ohio, United States. The mound is believed to have been built between AD 800 and 1200 by people...

the National Park Service in 1945, due to the presence of many Native American effigy mounds, and is now known as Effigy Mounds National Monument. The...

National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The vast majority of effigy mounds are mounds, where people piled soil a few feet above the natural surface of...

several groups is preserved at Effigy Mounds National Monument. Like most mounds in Iowa, excavation reveals that these mounds were commonly used as sacred...

include Effigy Mounds National Monument, the various components of the Yellow River State Forest, the enormous Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife...

those age 65 or over. Effigy Mounds National Monument is found in the southeast corner of the county. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge...

tallest arch. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States, it is the centerpiece of the Gateway Arch National Park, which was known...

like lidar. Lidar's first applications were in meteorology, for which the National Center for Atmospheric Research used it to measure clouds and pollution...

"Effigy Mounds National Monument". National Park Service. January 15, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2009. "El Malpais National Monument". National Park...

County, before joining the Mississippi near Marquette and Effigy Mounds National Monument. Much of the river's course is very scenic, coursing between...

term Indian Mounds Park may refer to: Beattie Park Mound Group in Rockford, Illinois Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa Indian Mound Park in Dauphin...

are 48 National Park Service areas 18 National parks 5 National monuments 13 National Historic Sites and National Historical Parks 3 National lakeshores...

sites throughout Ohio. Effigy mounds have been constructed independently by several cultures. The significance of Serpent Mound is based on its size and...

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (formerly Ocmulgee National Monument) in Macon, Georgia, United States preserves traces of over ten millennia...

terraced fields. Effigy Mounds National Monument in Allamakee and Clayton Counties has the largest assemblage of animal-shaped prehistoric mounds in the world...

other six National Park Service sites along the river are (listed from north to south): Effigy Mounds National Monument Gateway Arch National Park (includes...

Memorial, Belfast. Church monuments to commemorate the faithful dead, located above or near their grave, often featuring an effigy, e.g., St. Peter's Basilica...

Census Bureau. Retrieved May 11, 2012. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008. Effigy Mounds National Monument...

itself. The other two National Park Service sites along the river are: Effigy Mounds National Monument and the Gateway Arch National Park (home to the Gateway...

(1857-1951), considered a key person to gaining protection for the Effigy Mounds National Monument, established by Congress in 1949 to protect hundreds of prehistoric...

This is a list of notable burial mounds in the United States built by Native Americans. Burial mounds were built by many different cultural groups over...

In the United States, a national monument is a protected area that can be created from any land owned or controlled by the federal government by proclamation...

state. It is close to Wyalusing State Park in Wisconsin, and Effigy Mounds National Monument and Pikes Peak State Park in Iowa, sites of natural and manmade...

building effigy mounds abruptly ceased with the appearance of the Oneota Culture. The Ho-Chunk claim descendancy from both the effigy mound-building Late...

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architect lived there as an infant from 1867-1869 16 to Life Effigy Mounds National Monument "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved...

far north as Lake Pepin, and Red Wing, Minnesota, over to Effigy Mounds National Monument, the Upper Iowa River, and La Crosse, Wisconsin dated from...

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