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COUNTYSURVEYSTATE ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ISSUES PART TWO OF ITS REPORTThe Wisconsin Archeological Society has imst issued pari two of Jis report on the early Indian history and native*’ rmmiius in Waukesha county.This completes its report tho IIrat part describing the hid inn remains in the northern half and the other those in the southern half nf Hie county, The surveys oiul records of the nnlG society show Uie total number of Indian earthworks ui the county to liavo boon 411, a number larger than that found in any other county save Sank county which had S72 mounds and Adams county, which had GGG. Of the -in monads IS1 were conicnl or round mounds, 2il were of oval form. 122 were linear or embankment shaped structures and wore animal-shaped of cilisy mounds. Of the efllgy mounds 20 were of the panther or wilier spirit form, 24 were turtle and .1 wore bird elite Ins. Three small earthen enclosures were found in the county, nne near Oeimntnuwoe, one at Pistaku slulion and one al 11 ig* Dead.About one hundred village ami camp sites were round in the county. Tlie.su mo nf iwu classes prehistoric sites occupied by the Indians before the arrival of the first white imm In Wisconsin MG'34), uml contact altos occupied after that I hue. Muny of these have yielded n rich at oh’ of slano, clay, hone, sholl and melnl Inv pdotnenls now • largely preserved to the public hi the museums al Madison, Milwaukee and Beloit and In other small museums und private collections. Tinllmi burials hare been disturbed in excavating gravoi knolls in various parts of the county. A few cemeteries have also boon found. The state society's field workers have also located Indian planting wounds, rk'c threshing pits, Implement caches and Hie principal trails of the county.The report is illustrated with a number of plates ani figures and several maps: It is one of a series ofdhmiur re porta-oil Other Wisconsincomities which the sue I sty has Issued. Copies mn liri nblniiir.d Itirnugh ils Madison chico. The edition 1rf verv limited.
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Waukesha Daily Freeman
Waukesha, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Aug 07, 1923
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