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Winter Solstice at Aztalan State Park – Lake Mills, Wisconsin
Source – Prehistoric Geometrical-Based Art Work on the Ground: Wisconsin’s Effigy Mounds, published by the Ancient Earthworks Society, Inc., Madison, WI, Oct. 1991.Aztalan; Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town by Robert A. Birmingham and Lynne G. Goldstein
Indian Mounds of Wisconsin by Robert A. Birmingham and Leslie E. Eisenberg
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The Southwest Mound at Dusk, Aztalan State Park – Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Aztalan State Park, Mound of the Dead – Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Southwest Platform Mound – Aztalan State Park
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Video of Perrot State Park – Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Nicholas Perrot, a 17th century French Canadian fur trader spent the winter here in 1685. In 1731 Godefroy de Linctot built a fort at the “mountain whose foot is bathed by water”, sometimes written “La Montagne Qui Trempe a Leau” and now called Mount Trempealeau. Platform mounds associated with the Mississippian culture of Cahokia have been located in the nearby village of Trempealeau. Effigy and burial mounds of the Hopewell culture are also found in the Park. Today you can get excellent views of Mount Trempealeau and the Mississippi River Valley by climbing the trail to the top of the 520 ft. Brady’s Bluff. Or canoe through the bottomland to see some of the thousands of birds that nest or pass through this magical terrain. There are 98 campsites in the park. The tent sites by the water have spectacular views of Mount Trempealeau. The Great River State Trail for bicycling can be accessed directly from the campground. Cyclists can then explore three other bicycle trails in this extensive trail system. Music copyright 2008 by Maury Smith. Slide show and photographs copyright 2008, Creative Juice LLC.
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Aztalan State Park, Wisconsin – Fortifications and Platform Mound
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Video of Aztalan State Park – Lake Mills, Wisconsin
Aztalan State Park is one of Wisconsin’s most important archaeological sites. It contains an ancient Middle-Mississippian village and ceremonial complex that existed between A.D. 1000 and 1300. The site was rediscovered in 1835. In 1850 Increase A. Lapham investigated the site. It became a state park in 1952, a National Landmark in 1964 and listed in the National Registry of Historic Places in 1966. The occupants of Aztalan built large, flat-topped pyramid shaped mounds and a stockade around their village.
Aztalan; Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town by Robert A. Birmingham and Lynne G. Goldstein
Indian Mounds of Wisconsin by Robert A. Birmingham and Leslie E. Eisenberg
Excerpts from the Antiquities of Wisconsin by Increase A. Lapham, 1855 (electronic edition)
