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Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group

Coordinates: 43°03′18″N 89°19′28″W / 43.05500°N 89.32444°W / 43.05500; -89.32444 (Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group)
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Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group
Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group is located in Wisconsin
Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group
LocationWoodland Park, Monona, Wisconsin[2]
Coordinates43°03′18″N 89°19′28″W / 43.05500°N 89.32444°W / 43.05500; -89.32444 (Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group)
Arealess than one acre
MPSLate Woodland Stage in Archeological Region 8 MPS
NRHP reference No.03001023[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 9, 2003

The Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group is a group of Native American mounds in Woodland Park in Monona, Wisconsin. The group includes two linear mounds which are roughly 200 feet (61 m) and 210 feet (64 m) long. While there were once fifteen mounds in the group, including another group to the southwest called the Nichols Mound Group, the other mounds have all been destroyed. The mounds were built during the Late Woodland period, which covers roughly 500 to 1200 A.D., and during which most mounds in southern Wisconsin were constructed. While the purpose of linear mounds such as those in the Tompkins-Brindler group is uncertain, they are thought to have had religious or spiritual significance to the Late Woodland people.[3]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 2003.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Woodland Park Mounds (Tompkins-Brindler Group)". Historic Blooming Grove Historical Society. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ^ Birmingham, Robert A. (December 15, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group". National Park Service. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
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