What is inside the mounds?
The mounds probably served a number of purposes, but the most obvious use was as a place of burial. Most mounds contain a single burial, although some contain many burials, usually placed in a shallow pit. There are usually structures within the mound that appear to have served purposes related to burial of the dead, although what those precise purposes were are unknown. Structures can include stone lined pits, layers of charcoal, burnt soil, ash, and sometimes different colored soils from a variety of locations near the mound. Artifacts are rare in the mounds of Wisconsin. Usually items found in mounds consist of everyday items such as projectile points and pottery. Remember that mounds are legally protected burial sites. Please respect these sacred sites.
