Man Mound

Man Mound
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Looking down at the mound from the headdress
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Location	E13097 Man Mound Rd Baraboo, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°29′19″N 89°40′15″W / 43.48861°N 89.67083°W / 43.48861; -89.67083
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
NRHP reference No.	78000138, 16000861[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 30, 1978
Designated NHL	October 31, 2016

The Man Mound is a precontact earthwork of a humanoid figure located in Greenfield, Sauk County, Wisconsin, east of the city of Baraboo. Constructed during the Late Woodland period, the mound is the only surviving anthropomorphic effigy mound in North America. The mound depicts a humanoid figure with horns or a horned headdress^[2] and may have held religious or ceremonial significance to its builders. The mound was preserved as a county park in 1908, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978^[3] and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016.