Kingsley Bend Mound Group

Coordinates: 43°36′05″N 89°42′41″W / 43.60139°N 89.71139°W / 43.60139; -89.71139
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Kingsley Bend Mound Group
Kingsley Bend Mound Group is located in Wisconsin
Kingsley Bend Mound Group
LocationWIS 16 3 mi. SE of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°36′05″N 89°42′41″W / 43.60139°N 89.71139°W / 43.60139; -89.71139
Area8.2 acres (3.3 ha)
MPSLate Woodland Stage in Archeological Region 8 MPS
NRHP reference No.98001088[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 20, 1998

The Kingsley Bend Mound Group is a group of pre-Columbian Native American mounds along Wisconsin Highway 16 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The site includes effigy mounds in the shape of a water spirit, a bird, and two bears, along with several linear and conical mounds. The mounds were built during the Late Woodland period between roughly 700 and 1000 A.D., the era in which most effigy mounds in Wisconsin were built. The site was maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as a wayside until 2006, when the Ho-Chunk Nation took ownership of the property.[2][3]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 1998.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Kingsley Bend Mound Group". Wisconsin First Nations. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction-American Indian Studies. October 8, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds". Devil's Lake State Park Area Visitor Guide. Skillet Creek Media. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

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