Serpent Mound, in Adams County, is the largest documented surviving example of a prehistoric effigy mound in the world. It is a sinuous earthen embankment 411 meters long, including an oval embankment ...

Former parks service official sentenced for stealing ancient human remains from Effigy Mounds Trish Mehaffey Jul. 8, 2016 4:49 pm, Updated: Jul. 8, 2016 6:04 pm ...

While non-native preservationists can proudly look back on the foresight that led to protection of the effigy mounds and the efforts since then to preserve all mounds — including the state law ...

Effigy Mounds National Monument was established in 1949 specifically to protect the more than 200 prehistoric native American mounds, each in the shape of stylized animals or symbols, considered ...

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A recently discovered miniature clay head with eerie eyes may have been an effigy used by a shaman more than 1,000 years ago, researchers say. The head, which was discovered near Ebbert Spring in ...

The home of thousands of Native American effigy mounds, some as ancient as 2,000 years old, Madison has played a fascinating role in the story of the state and the University of Wisconsin campus.

A recently discovered miniature clay head with eerie eyes may have been an effigy used by a shaman more than 1,000 years ago, researchers say. The head, which was discovered near Ebbert Spring in ...

Sampson used a technology called LIDAR, or light detection radar, to determine that two Ho Chunk effigy mounds sat atop the very hill Werth had scoped out. "What light detection radar does is, it ...