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Grand Mound (Minnesota)

Largest prehistoric structure in the upper Midwest, an effigy burial mound.

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Street map of the area around Grand Mound (Minnesota); the red dot marks 48°30′47″N 93°42′25″W
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Coordinates: 48°30′47″N 93°42′25″W (48.5130, -93.7070) · Open in OpenStreetMap

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Grand Mound is a prehistoric burial site in Koochiching County, Minnesota, and the largest surviving prehistoric structure in the upper Midwest. The main burial mound, dating to 200 BCE, measures 140 feet in length, 100 feet in width, and about 25 feet high, with a 200-foot tail. Once thought to be a conical mound, it was reclassified in the 21st century as an effigy mound, possibly resembling a muskrat. The site also contains four smaller earthworks and stratified village deposits from the Middle Woodland and Late Woodland periods.

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