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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Cutler Mound Group Alternative Name: Cutler Mounds, Waukesha Mounds, Prehistoric Indian MoundsCountry: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Waukesha, WI
Latitude: 43.009220N Longitude: 88.23347W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Three mounds total are housed in Waukesha city park, Wisconsin. The mounds are degraded but still visible. The historical marker reads, "This and the two adjacent mounds were built for burials probably by the prehistoric Woodland Indians. They perhaps began entering Wisconsin about 2000 BC and lived here until modern times.
The Potawatomi who left Waukesha in 1886 were never mound-builders. Waukesha County once had 411 mounds and the city 55 on 11 sites. This mound was excavated in 1850. Beneath ground level were found decayed fragments of a human skeleton with head to the west, decorative pipes and pieces of shell and pottery."
Another marker installed below the main marker reads, "Prehistoric Mounds marked May 26 - 1906 by the Women's Club Waukesha."
Further reading and information:
Wikipedia - National Register of Historic Places
Waukesha County Museum
Directions: From downtown Waukesha, WI via Wisconsin Ave., .3 miles.
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