Hi folks, First, thanks to all with the FHC info. Birmingham and Eisenberg are very knowledgeable on the Indian Mound cultures and I had the chance to meet them at a booksigning at the Kenosha Museum earlier this year. There are many quite well preserved Indian Mounds at Mound Cemetery at Washington Avenue and West Blvd in Racine. The original survey of Indian Mounds in the Wisconsin was by Increase Lapham and showed many more in the area but those outside of the cemetery have been destroyed. According to the book by Birmingham and Eisenberg mounds were so numerous in Wisconsin that "opening Indian Mounds was a popular Sunday afternoon activity during the late nineteenth century" (p.34) And for those interested in the mammoth skeletons found in Paris township, Kenosha county, there are Indian mounds noted near the mammoth site in the original mound survey of the area. The mammoth skeletons are about 10,000 years old and some mounds are believed to date to a similar prehistoric date. Also, the mammoth skeletons are on display at Kenosha's recently opened new museum on the lake. (don't need to go to Egypt for ancient history after all!) Birmingham is the State Archaeologist in the Division of Historic Preservation, and Eisenberg is a forensic anthropologist and coordinator of the burial sites preservation program, both with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. You may remember Eisenberg's name in connection with the issue with the cemetery that the MMSD wanted to disrupt last year. Bob Fay On 9 Oct 2001, at 18:21 Ashley Tiwara <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> wrote: > The free lecture on Indian Mounds in Wisconsin, which was to have > been offered the week of the September 11 bombings, has been > rescheduled. > Lake Park Friends in Milwaukee is bringing in the authors of the > recent book about Wisconsin mounds, Robert Birmingham and Leslie > Eisenberg. Eisenberg just returned from New York and was quoted in > today's Milwaukee Journal in an article about the difficulties of > identifying the many dead there in the World Trade Center collapse. She > acts as a forensic pathologist for the State Historical Society and > volunteered her time for several weeks to assist in the extraordinary > efforts necessary following this disaster in New York. Birmingham also > works for the SHS of Wisconsin, as the state anthropologist. > Please mark your calendar for 7 pm on October 17. That's next > Wednesday. The lecture will be given in the community room of Lake Park > Pavilion, where the Bistro restaurant occupies the first floor. > The Pavilion is off the east end of Newberry Blvd, a few blocks from > UWM. Parking is free, the lecture is free too. For more information, > please call Delores, past president of the Friends, at 414) 332-0994. > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >