Merrill Springs Mound Group II

	Merrill Springs Mound Group II Archeological District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	5030-5046 Lake Mendota Dr., Madison, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°04′52″N 89°27′58″W / 43.08111°N 89.46611°W
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
MPS	Late Woodland Stage in Archeological Region 8 MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000670
Added to NRHP	June 7, 1991

Merrill Springs Mound Group II is a group of Native American mounds at 5030-5046 Lake Mendota Drive in Madison, Wisconsin. The group includes six to eight mounds and a nearby village site; it originally included up to 13-20 mounds, but many were destroyed by residential development in the area. It is one of four groups of mounds identified in an 1888 survey of the Merrill Springs resort area, which gives the group its name. The site includes two bear-shaped effigy mounds and an assortment of linear and conical mounds. The mounds were built by Late Woodland people between roughly 800 and 1100 A.D. The village site was also inhabited during the Late Woodland period, and projectile points and bones have been found there.^[2]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 1991.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ Stiles-Hanson, Cynthia; Rankin, Katherine H. (February 10, 1993). "Landmarks and Landmark Sites Nomination Form: Merrill Springs Mound Group" (PDF). Madison Landmarks Commission. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[2] Stiles-Hanson, Cynthia; Rankin, Katherine H. (February 10, 1993). "Landmarks and Landmark Sites Nomination Form: Merrill Springs Mound Group" (PDF). Madison Landmarks Commission. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

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