Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa (IA), United States
Facts & Statistics
Place Name
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Place Status (Type)
national monument
Location
Iowa, United States, North America
Latitude
unknown
Longitude
unknown
Effigy Mounds National Monument
, park (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), NE Iowa, atop bluffs overlooking Mississippi R,
just N of McGregor. Prehistoric Indian mounds
2 ft/0.6 m-4 ft/1.2 m high, up to
200 ft/61 m in diameter; many of them are in
shapes of birds and bears, and are believed to be burial mounds.
Artifacts (including bone, copper, and stone tools) have been
found. Est. 1949.
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