Burrows Park Effigy Mound and Campsite
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title:
Burrows Park Effigy Mound and Campsite
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Burrows Park Effigy Mound and Campsite is an archaeological site in Burrows Park in Madison, Wisconsin. The site includes a bird-shaped effigy mound with an 128-foot (39 m) wingspan; it once included a fox-shaped mound as well, though it has been destroyed. The mound was built by Mound Builders during the Late Woodland period, likely between 700 and 1200 A.D. The Mound Builders used effigy mounds as burial sites, and bird-shaped mounds represented sky spirits in their religion; effigies of other
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United States historic place
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrows_Park_Effigy_Mound_and_Campsite
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date modified:
2023-08-04T04:30:57Z
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