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| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A map of the Madison Township, T7N R9E including Lake Mendota showing the location of Ho Chunk encampments and effigy mounds. |
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| Description: | A turtle effigy mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, outlined by melting snow. |
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| Description: | Charles E. Brown (left), directs excavation of a goose effigy mound at the Willow Drive mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
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| Description: | A view of a two-tailed water spirit burial mound on the grounds of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus near Observatory Hill. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a double-tailed turtle effigy mound on Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a four-footed American Indian effigy mound on the grounds of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). |
| Date: | 07 13 1918 |
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| Description: | Boxed bones from graves found on University Hill (later Bascom Hill). Two men, seen from the waist down, are standing behind the boxes containing the remai... |
| Date: | 07 13 1918 |
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| Description: | View of the excavation of two graves located on University Hill (now Bascom Hill). Main Hall (now Bascom Hall) can be seen in the background. |
| Speakers Bureau |
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| Caitlin Zant is a WHS Historic Preservation member and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
| The Genesis of Modern Wisconsin |
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| Discovery the history of the Woodland and Middle Mississippean Indian cultures and their relationship to modern Wisconsin. |
| Learn about the history, outreach and services of the Society's Museum Archaeology Program. |
| Learn how the State Archaeology Program serves the public. |
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