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This is a list of markers at Madison area Indian mounds.
 
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By Jim Schaettle, July 11, 2020
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1 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Madison is an Indian mound capitalThe Madison Heritage Series
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at East Wilson Street, on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Reported missing.
At least 887 earthen Indian mounds once dotted the land around lakes Mendota, Monona, Wingra, Waubesa, and Kegonsa—so many that archaeologist Charles E. Brown once suggested Madison be renamed Mound City. Most southern Wisconsin mounds were . . . Map (db m35551) HM
2 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — 93 — Lizard Effigy Mound500-1000 A.D.
Near Lakeland Avenue at Hudson Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
These mounds were constructed by a people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Map (db m33503) HM
3 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Conical Mound0 - 400 A.D.
Near Meadowlark Drive, 0.1 miles north of Woodvale Drive, on the right when traveling north.
This mound was constructed by a people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Map (db m33245) HM
4 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison, Vilas — Indian Mounds
On Erin Street at Wingra Street, on the left when traveling west on Erin Street.
One of the several groups of prehistoric burial, linear and effigy mounds formerly located on the crest of the Monona-Wingra ridge. Several of these were surveyed by Increase A. Lapham, in 1850. Village site was in the park below. Marked for the . . . Map (db m36955) HM
5 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — 34 — Bird Effigy Mound500-1000 A.D.
Near Burrows Road, 0.1 miles west of Sherman Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Map (db m33532) HM
6 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Bird Effigy
On Observatory Drive, 0.2 miles west of Charter Street, on the left when traveling west.
Common type of Indian emblematic mound: Body 52½ feet, wingspread formerly about 133 feetMap (db m33423) HM
7 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — 94 — Bear and Lynx Effigy Mounds500-1000 A.D.
Near Lakeland Avenue at Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
These mounds were constructed by a people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Map (db m33501) HM
8 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Turtle Effigy
On Observatory Drive, 0.2 miles west of Charter Street, on the left when traveling west.
Rare two-tailed type of Indian turtle mound, length: 104 feet; built by the Winnebago probably about 500 years agoMap (db m33424) HM
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9 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison, Vilas — BearWah-Zhe-Dah
Near Vilas Avenue near Campbell Street, on the left when traveling west.
Common type of ancient Indian mound - length 82 feetMap (db m33425) HM
10 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Eagle Effigy
Near Cinder Lane at Muir Drive.
Largest Indian Mound of its Type in Wisconsin Body 131 Feet Wingspread 624 Feet Marked by the Wisconsin Archeological Society July 30, 1910Map (db m35130) HM
11 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — 2 — Mound CityLake Monona: People
Near Wilson Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
More than a thousand mounds once dotted the shores of Madison's lakes, so many that archaeologist Charles Brown favored the name Mound City for Madison. In the early 1900s, Brown found 160 mounds in 17 groups around Lake Monona. Native people . . . Map (db m35431) HM
12 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — University Creek Group
Near Observatory Drive, 0.2 miles west of Elm Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Indian Mounds Effigy Form Lengths 66, 100 and 143 feetMap (db m41343) HM
13 Wisconsin, Dane County, Shorewood Hills, Spring Harbor — Blackhawk Country Club Mound Group
On Lake Mendota Drive, 0.4 miles east of Merrill Springs Road, on the left when traveling east.
the Blackhawk Country Club Mound Group in Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesMap (db m57920) HM
 
 
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