Awards Midwest Book Award (MIPA) Description Between A.
Goldstein, of Aztalan: Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town..
Steinberg Prize), and, with Lynn G.
Eisenberg, of Indian Mounds of Wisconsin (awarded the Elizabeth A.
He is coauthor, with Leslie E.
He now teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha and writes from his home in Madison.
Birmingham served as Wisconsin State Archaeologist at the Wisconsin Historical Society for fifteen years.
Finalist, Social Science, Midwest Book Awards About the author Robert A. explores the cultural, historical, and ceremonial meanings of the mounds in an informative, abundantly illustrated book and guide.
The remaining mounds are protected today and many can be visited.
Farming and industrialization destroyed most of these mounds, leaving the mysteries of who built them and why they were made.
These huge earthworks, sculpted in the shape of birds, mammals, and other figures, have aroused curiosity for generations and together comprise a vast Effigy Mound ceremonial landscape. 700 and 1100 Native Americans built more Effigy mounds in Wisconsin than anywhere else in North America, with an estimated 1, 300 mounds--including the world\'s largest known bird effigy--at the center of effigy-building culture in and around Madison, Wisconsin.
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Awards Midwest Book Award (MIPA) Description Between A
