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Author: Albert C. Spaulding
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Published: 1956-01-01
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1949098494
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Author: Albert C. Spaulding
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Published: 1956-01-01
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1949098494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Federal Farm Board
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Published: 1919
Total Pages: 834
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert A. Birmingham
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2000-10-16
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780299168742
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation More mounds were built by ancient Native American societies in Wisconsin than in any other region of North America -- between 15,000 and 20,000 mounds, at least 4,000 of which remain today. Most impressive are the effigy mounds, huge earthworks sculpted into the shapes of birds, animals, and other forms, not found anywhere else in the world in such concentrations. This book, written for general readers but incorporating the most recent research, offers a comprehensive overview of these intriguing earthworks and answers the questions, Who built the mounds? When and why were they built?Using evidence drawn from archaeology, ethnography, ethnohistory, linguistics, and the traditions and beliefs of present-day Native Americans in the Midwest, archaeologists Birmingham and Eisenberg offer an important new interpretation of the effigy mound groups as "cosmological maps" that model ancient belief systems and social relations. Although the archaeological record indicates that most ancient Native American societies in the upper Midwest built mounds between about 800 B.C. and A.D. 1200, the effigy mounds bear such similarity to the beliefs and clan structures of the Ho-Chunk, Ioway, and closely related nations that it is extremely likely that these people are descendants of the effigy mound builders. Indian Mounds of Wisconsin includes a travel guide to sites in Wisconsin that can be visited by the public, including many in state, county, and local parks.
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 788
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Russell David Edmunds
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 0252075374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiverse perspectives on midwestern Native American communities
Author: Illinois State Geological Survey
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hale Gilliam Smith
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Published: 1951-01-01
Total Pages: 77
ISBN-13: 1949098362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James L Theler
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2005-04
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1587294397
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"James Theler and Robert Boszhardt provide an overview of the Driftless region of the Upper Mississippi River Valley - roughly from Dubuque, Iowa, to Red Wing, Minnesota, but framed within a somewhat larger area extending from the Rock Island Rapids at the modern Moline-Rock Island area to the Falls of St. Anthony at Minneapolis-St. Paul. The book concludes with useful catalogs of the animal remains and rock art found in the valley as well as a list of archaeological sites and museums to visit."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 534
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 693
ISBN-13: 0190241098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology reviews the continent's first and last foragers, farmers, and great pre-Columbian civic and ceremonial centers, from Chaco Canyon to Moundville and beyond.