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Effigy Mounds National Monument
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Match the Mounds

Draw a line to the correct mound shape from its description.

 

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Effigy Mound - The term effigy refers to mounds in the shape of something. Here at Effigy Mounds National Monument, we have effigy mounds in the shape of bears and birds.

 
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Conical Mound - Round, dome shaped mounds three to ten feet high and approximately ten feet across. Some can be bigger, some can be smaller.

 
bear.gif (3781 bytes) Linear Mound - Long, fat, cigar shaped mounds in lengths from 50 to 300 feet long and up to 10 feet wide.
conical.gif (3027 bytes) Compound Mound - Conical mounds connected to linear mounds. Most consist of 3 conical mounds and 2 linear mounds, but there is one at Effigy Mounds National Monument that has seven conicals and is 300 feet long.

 

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Effigy Mounds National Monument

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Marching Bear Mound Group lies beside the route of the Military Road

Did You Know?
Soldiers built a military road that eventually extended approximately fifty miles, connecting Fort Atkinson with Fort Crawford. The road — which passed through the monument's South Unit — was one of the first government-authorized roads within what would become the State of Iowa.
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Last Updated: July 07, 2011 at 12:45 MST