Koshkonong Mounds, Wisconsin

Koshkonong Mounds, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°52′27″N88°54′43″W / 42.87417°N 88.91194°W / 42.87417; -88.91194
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Jefferson
Town	Koshkonong
Elevation	260 m (840 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	920
GNIS feature ID	1567630 [1]

Koshkonong Mounds is an unincorporated community located in the town of Koshkonong, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. ^[1] It was named for the prehistoric earthwork mounds built by an early indigenous people in the area.

They were likely related to the Mississippian culture, which established settlements and constructed mounds from 1000-1500 CE throughout the areas of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Archeological artifacts found in the settlements show widespread trading from settlements in the Great Lakes to present-day Illinois and the center of Cahokia, to other settlements in the present-day southeastern United States. ^[2]

Notes

1. "Koshkonong Mounds, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Emerson, Thomas E.; Richards, John D.; Hughes, Randall E.; Boles, Steven L. (July 3, 2021). "Sourcing Aztalan pipestone ear spools and its implications for interpreting Cahokian targeted acquisition and interaction" . Southeastern Archaeology. 40 (3): 174–191. doi:10.1080/0734578X.2021.1946260. ISSN   0734-578X.