Indian Mounds of Wisconsin | University Place

Robert Birmingham, Co-Author of “Indian Mounds of Wisconsin,” provides an overview of the effigy mounds, created by American Indians. Birmingham contends that the mounds model the Native American belief system and their relationship with the spirit world.
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[@anthonykoterbski5135]

Having visited the Aztalan site in person. It brings to light just how little we are taught about the real people that inhabited the land we live on today. It was sureal seeing a place built by man, here in America that is more than 400 years old. I've sadly never witnessed such a site. I do wish to visit Cahokia at some time soon.

[@Ghost_bros]

Yes I went to I'm not far from it I'm amazed at it all

[@fullmetaljackalope8408]

This is great! I can’t believe there’s only two comments. Thank you! I love mounds.

[@ahuramazda32]

10-4

[@stellardust6954]

My question is, have we done "Carbon Dating" on the burial remains to determine the age of these burial sites? I'd be very interested... especially in older mound sites.

[@jaymiewilliamson2521]

On remains of what ?

[@stellardust6954]

@jaymiewilliamson2521 any organic matter that would've been buried with the remains...?

[@danquartullo8677]

All the rumors of people digging into these mounds and finding bones of giants. Let's dig some up. And see what we find.

[@stellardust6954]

Find a university archeology dig sometime and check it out.

[@Stars33d77]

Not rumors, it's a fact several giant skeletons were found in wisconsin over 100 years ago. A simple google search will show several newspaper articles from those days all over the state.

[@anthonykoterbski5135]

Besides the obvious moral arguments, do you want to be haunted by giant ghosts?

[@jaymiewilliamson2521]

That's what I'm saying because they are not Indian burial mounds

[@rebelyell2741]

This explains the smaller mounds. But what about the giant ones the size of entire states? Like the Panther mound that takes up 60% of the state of Florida? Lake Okeechobee is it’s eye and it’s tail extends past Tallahassee Fl. Another example is the great Indian head and head dress bust that is the size of a mountain chain in Canada? Who built that and when? The smaller mounds built by the “Native Americans” were copies of much greater things.

[@taylorgall9516]

wut

[@jaymierwilliamson849]

Quit disrespecting them 😮

[@jaymiewilliamson2521]

I'm talking about the guy in the video . We should dig them up 😎

[@jaymierwilliamson849]

So your saying Indians buried all their dead in the same mound. 🤔 Bull crap

[@jaymierwilliamson849]

Let's ask them

[@jaymierwilliamson849]

Any and every book I read depicted the elders going off and dying on their own 🤔

[@jaymierwilliamson849]

We saw Indians on these mounds over the years and assumed they were burying their dead. Not their dead 🤔 let's check shall we

[@jaymierwilliamson849]

Who the Smithsonian institute 🤔

[@jaymierwilliamson849]

Giants are buried in them mounds. The bones of giants