Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Effigy Mounds 7


Late Summer 2008040, originally uploaded by James Hemsley.

Here we are at Fire Point. There is a series of mounds that ancient American Indians made to this point overlooking the river. The mounds were ceremonial in nature, often in honor of the dead, but not always. They are called "effigy" mounds because many are in the shape of bears or birds.

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