Effigy Mounds National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument
An effigy mound is a raised pile of earth built in the shape of a stylized animal, symbol, religious figure, or human figure.
Effigy mounds were constructed in many Native American cultures. Scholars
believe they were primarily for religious purposes, although some also fulfilled
a burial mound function. The builders of the effigy mounds are usually referred
to as the Mound Builders. Native American societies in Wisconsin built more
mounds than did those in any other region of North America—between 15,000 and
20,000 mounds, at least 4,000 of which remain today.
Mounds in the shape of eagles and bears
Native North American effigy mounds have been compared to the large-scale effigy forms depicted in the Nazca Lines of Peru.
Text from Wikipedia
Proposal for a National Monument
a mound
aerial view
Woodland Indians
wanderers
gatherers
healers
ceremony at the mound
mound burial
builders 700 - 1300 AD
a mound builder
American Eagle
eagle nest
constructed by an Eagle scout at
the Visitors Center
