A comprehensive overview of the Indian mounds of Wisconsin, discussing who built the mounds, and when and why they were built. It uses evidence drawn from archaeology, ethnography, ethnohistory, linguistics, and the traditions and beliefs of present-day Native Americans in the Midwest.
First published in 1855, this is a detailed record of many Indian mounds in Wisconsin that were later destroyed by farming, development or looting. Lapham's descriptions can still be used to locate or reconstruct sites that once existed. This facsimile edition includes a new introduction.
The mystery of Aztalan - Aztalan has remained a mystery since the early nineteenth century when it was discovered by settlers who came to the Crawfish River, fifty miles west of Milwaukee. Who were the early indigenous people who inhabited this place? When did they live here? Why did they disappear? Robert Birmingham and Lynne Goldstein attempt to ...
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