Kenosha County Archaeological Society in the News

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The Kenosha County Archaeological Society, a local chapter of the Wisconsin Archeological Society, was recently featured in the Kenosha News. For the last 40 years, the organization has been working on site preservation, documenting artifact collections, and assisting in local excavations. 

 

http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/archaeology_group_seeks_to_preserve_areas_history_474929586.html

"Ancient Whitewater mounds see rebirth"

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The Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve in Whitewater, Wisconsin, was recently featured in the local news. The mounds were destined to be destroyed by construction of US Highway 12 until a group of local residents came to the rescue and convinced the Wisconsin Department of Transportation that the mounds needed to be preserved. In 1974, the site became a city park. The Preserve protects 13 earthworks.

The park features numerous signs and plaques that serve to educate visitors about the mounds. The city's plans for the Preserve include ongoing restoration and maintenance. A new entrance sign has been installed, and the are plans to improve all the signage at some point in the future. A ground cover conversion has begun, to change from mowed turf to prairie plants.

See the news article itself for more. The article also features Wisconsin Archeological Society member Richard Helmick.

http://www.wdtimes.com/news/local/article_976521c8-14d0-11e2-9218-0019bb2963f4.html

Mariann Scott and Richard Helmick are shown at the sign that greets visitors to the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve, located on Whitewater’s west side, just south of U.S. Highway 12 on Indian Mounds Parkway.

Source: STEVE SHARP/Daily Times

 

To submit a news story, send an email to contact@wiarcheologicalsociety.org with "News Submission" in the subject line.

Oneota Excavation near La Crosse

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This summer, the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse excavated an Oneota site in advance of Highway 35 construction in Onalaska. Excavation has yielded potsherds, animal bone fragments, and refuse piles, among other materials and artifacts.

"We went into the project knowing that there was a possibility of finding material there," said Kathy Stevenson, projects director at MVAC. "But we really didn't know for sure whether anything would be intact and we certainly didn't expect there would be as much as there was." Roughly 1500 bags of material were collected. (Madeline Sky, 8/22/12, WXOW.com)

 

 

 

http://www.wxow.com/story/19094586/highway-35

 

http://www.wxow.com/story/19347392/uw-la-crosse-processes-excavation-artifacts

To submit a news story, send an email to contact@wiarcheologicalsociety.org with "News Submission" in the subject line.