Between A.D. 700 and 1100 Native Americans built more effigy mounds in Wisconsin than anywhere else in North America, with an estimated 1,300 mounds—including the world’s largest known bi
Between c. AD 700 and 1100, Late Woodland people of the Upper Midwest of North America used the topography and other features of the natural landscape to create vast ceremonial landscapes consisting o
Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds is an archaeological detective story illuminating the lives of white settlers in the lead-mining region during the tragic events of the historically im
Rising above the countryside of Wood County, Wisconsin, Powers Bluff is a large outcrop of quartzite rock that resisted the glaciers that flattened the surrounding countryside. It is an appropriate sy
More mounds were built by ancient Native Americans in Wisconsin than in any other region of North America?between 15,000 and 20,000, at least 4,000 of which remain today. Most impressive are the effig
Aztalan, located on the Crawfish River 50 miles west of Milwaukee, is an archaeological site that was discovered in 1836 and believed to be a Mississippian civilization flourishing from 1050 to 1250 A