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Indian Mounds of Wisconsin | 2nd Edition

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From pre-mound builder groups to the modern era, this book details 2000 years of history. Illustrated. Second edition.
Maker: UW Press
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Authors: Robert A. Birmingham and Amy L. Rosebrough

Summary: More mounds were built by ancient Native Americans in Wisconsin than in any other region of North America, at least 4,000 of which remain today. Included is a list of public parks and preserves where mounds can be respectfully viewed, such as the outstanding Kingsley Bend mounds near Wisconsin Dells, maintained by the Ho-Chunk Nation, or the Man Mound Park near Baraboo, the only extant human-shaped effigymound in the world.

About the authors: Robert A. Birmingham is the author of several books and served as the state archaeologist of Wisconsin for many years. Amy L. Rosebrough is a Wisconsin arhaeologist and the coauthor of Water Panthers, Bears, and Thunderbirds: Exploring Wisconsin's Effigy Mounds. 

  • Size: 9" x 6" x .75"
  • 281 pages
  • Black and white illustrations, maps, photographs 
  • Includes index
  • 2nd edition, 2017
  • University of Wisconsin Press

Authors: Robert A. Birmingham and Amy L. Rosebrough

Summary: More mounds were built by ancient Native Americans in Wisconsin than in any other region of North America, at least 4,000 of which remain today. Included is a list of public parks and preserves where mounds can be respectfully viewed, such as the outstanding Kingsley Bend mounds near Wisconsin Dells, maintained by the Ho-Chunk Nation, or the Man Mound Park near Baraboo, the only extant human-shaped effigymound in the world.

About the authors: Robert A. Birmingham is the author of several books and served as the state archaeologist of Wisconsin for many years. Amy L. Rosebrough is a Wisconsin arhaeologist and the coauthor of Water Panthers, Bears, and Thunderbirds: Exploring Wisconsin's Effigy Mounds. 

  • Size: 9" x 6" x .75"
  • 281 pages
  • Black and white illustrations, maps, photographs 
  • Includes index
  • 2nd edition, 2017
  • University of Wisconsin Press
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