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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Effigy Mounds National Monument Alternative Name: Effigy Mounds Nat'l Monument
Country: United States Region: The Plains Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Prairie du Chen, Wisconsin  Nearest Village: Marquette, Iowa
Latitude: 43.089300N  Longitude: 91.18544W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by AKFisher : 1970s aerial photo of the Marching Bear Group at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. A group of college students outlined the effigy mounds with agricultural lime before the National Park Service took this photo. These are thought to have been made around AD 500. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mounds in Iowa dating to 1000 AD and earlier, on headlands above the Mississippi River. Over 200 earthen mounds are preserved within the park, 31 of the mounds are in the form of animals like bears or birds.

The National Monument is operated by the United States government. Here is a link to their website.
The location given is for three circular mounds close to the Visitor's Center and easily accessible. The many other mounds can be seen on day hikes over a total of 14 miles of maintained trails.

Note: US National Park Service buries report on effigy mounds scandal following unauthorized construction. See the comments on our page for more
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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by AKFisher : Sometimes I'm stupified. So many people have related here that the Effigy Mounds National Monument, and the many effigy mounds there are fake. Photoshopped and not real. This is a 2011 LIDAR image of the Marching Bears effigies there. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by AKFisher : There were 10,000 effigy mounds along the Mississippi River in a small area of Iowa and more on the Wisconsin side. This winter aerial photo shows a few in the Wisconsin portion of Effigy Mounds National Park. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by AKFisher : 1800s survey of 36 mounds found at the "Courtois Group" at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Image courtesy Greg Little author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Archeo-Geophysical Surveys at Effigy Mounds National Monument 1999, R. Joe Brandon, Dr Archeo-Geophysical Surveys at Effigy Mounds National Monument 1999, R. Joe Brandon, Dr. Gloria Everson, Rich Allan, Jim Strait, Ken Kvamme, Center For Advanced Spatial Technologies Image copyright: rjoe_brandon, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Informational Board Image copyright: jawhite311 (Jared White), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Informational Board Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa Image copyright: JeromeG111, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Power of the Mounds An interpretive sign in the museum at Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa. I like the illustration of the grizzly bear. Image copyright: RPahre (Robert Pahre), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Effigy Mounds Image copyright: pippawilson, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : At Effigy Mounds National Monument Image copyright: wklager (Wendy Klager), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Line of mounds A line of six conical burial mounds at Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa, overlooking the Mississippi River and the city of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. These are all graves. You should be able to see all six mounds in Large; hit L. Published as part of a photo essay on Midwestern parks,

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Model of the Effigy Mounds in the Visitor Centre I wish one could get an actual view of the Effigy Mounds like this. Or if they could even get a ladder or platform at the site it might be a bit more exciting. Image copyright: Travis S. (Travis), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Mound with a view A burial mound overlooking the Mississippi River and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Not a bad final resting place. Image copyright: RPahre (Robert Pahre), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Little Bear Effigy Mound Information Board Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa Image copyright: JeromeG111, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Three Mounds at Effigy Mounds National Park www.wheelchairtraveladventures.com Image copyright: mikmancp, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Effigy Mounds.. Image copyright: Peter Musolino (Peter Musolino), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Little Bear Effigy Mound Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa Image copyright: JeromeG111, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Effigy Mounds NM, IA Image copyright: Peter Musolino (Peter Musolino), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Effigy Mounds Natl Monument Image copyright: JeffandKaren1, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : Effigy Mounds Visitor Center It was a day with lots of clouds, but for some reason they parted so that I could take a blue-sky photo of the visitor center. Image copyright: RPahre (Robert Pahre), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by Flickr : A long line of effigy mounds Effigy Mounds National Monument, NRHP # 66000109, Allamakee County, Iowa Image copyright: ihynz7 (Irina Hynes), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Effigy Mounds National Monument submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing of Buffalo and Bear mounds from "Prehistoric America; The Mound Builders" via archive.org

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National Park Service buries report on effigy mounds scandal by Andy B on Wednesday, 05 August 2015
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The National Park Service has shelved a blistering internal report that details a "decade of dysfunction" as the agency allowed dozens of illegal construction projects to cause significant damage to an ancient Iowa burial ground that Indian tribes consider sacred.

Titled "Serious Mismanagement Report," the document blasts the park service's failed stewardship of the Effigy Mounds National Monument from 1999 to 2010 and says the case should serve as a wakeup call for agency employees at all levels to avoid similar violations.

Last week, NPS deputy regional director Patricia Trap told a resident who requested a copy of the 15-page report that it didn't exist. She later told The Associated Press that it did exist but hadn't been "agency approved." She said the document will contribute to — but be replaced by — another review that is looking at the root causes of problems as well as what went right during that time.

Critics say the agency is trying to suppress the harsh report to soften its findings.

"They're trying to avoid accountability, which goes all the way to the director. That's why this report 'doesn't exist'," said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which helped uncover the damaging projects. "Apparently, the park service doesn't want a wakeup call."

The monument, in northeast Iowa along the Mississippi River, includes more than 200 ceremonial and burial mounds that are considered sacred to the descendants of the builders, who are affiliated with numerous tribes.

The report says 78 construction projects costing a total of $3.4 million were approved there in violation of federal laws meant to protect archaeological resources and historic sites. The construction of boardwalks, bridges, roads and a shed damaged land around the mounds, and many had a "complete lack of compliance" as employees failed to conduct the mandatory environmental reviews and tribal consultation.

More at the Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2015/National-Park-Service-shelves-report-finding-decade-of-dysfunction-in-effigy-mounds-scandal/id-b19875c1a9574c0293e7358eb7676ba5
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Unauthorized construction may have damaged Effigy Mounds. by bat400 on Sunday, 02 May 2010
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Unauthorized construction projects may have damaged the ancient cultural features that Effigy Mounds National Monument was established to protect. A team of archaeologists is working to determine what, if any, damage to the mounds may have been inflicted by the unauthorized construction of a maintenance shed in the north unit and an elevated boardwalk trail on the Nazekaw Terrace directly across Highway 76 from the visitor center.

“We didn’t mean to do wrong, but we did,” said Effigy Mounds Superintendent Phyllis Ewing. In an effort to improve access to mounds for people of limited mobility, Effigy Mounds staff began construction of the Nazekaw Terrace boardwalk in the fall of 2008. Work was abruptly halted a year ago when Park Service regional staff, conducting a periodic compliance review, found that two required documents — an environmental-impact statement and a historical and cultural impact statement — had not been completed before the project was undertaken.

The maintenance shed has already been dismantled, and the fate a previously built boardwalk will be determined by an advisory council, which includes tribal representatives, after the archaeological study is complete.

Options include removing the trail’s aboveground portions; removing the entire trail, including the many underground concrete piers; leaving it as is; and completing it.

A similar evaluation will be required for the Yellow River trail. Adams said his gut feeling is that the Yellow River boardwalk and bridge will not have to be removed.


A team under the direction of National Park Service archaeologist Steven DeVore has spent most of April conducting aboveground testing of the soil’s magnetic and electrical resistance. The readings, DeVore, said will pinpoint areas in which the soil has been disturbed, indicative of ancient mound construction.

Ewing and her staff “misunderstood their responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act” and did not take full advantage of available Park Service experts, Doershuk said.

Nor did they consult, as they should have, his office, the State Historical Society of Iowa and their tribal contacts, Doershuk said.


Murphy said the site is sacred to members of 12 Indian tribes whose forebears once lived along the Upper Mississippi River. “Any place where Indians have been buried is sacred to us. My personal feeling is that people were buried here because it is sacred ground,” he said.

Murphy said the park managers’ mistakes do not reflect a lack of respect for Indian sensibilities. “They respect our opinion, and they respect the land,” he said.

Doershuk, too, said Ewing has been a conscientious steward who has worked hard to develop good communications with the descendants of the people who created the mounds.

Ewing said she takes full responsibility for the failure to follow the legally prescribed procedures.

The Park Service’s dual mission, she said, is to preserve natural and cultural resources and to make them available for the education and enjoyment of the public. In this case, park staff failed to maintain the proper balance, she said.

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