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Description: The Heim Mound located north of Mound Street in Middleton, Wisconsin, was built about 800 by Indian effigy mound builders of the Late Woodland Culture of Wisconsin. The mound is in the shape of a fox or a wolf, oriented south to north and totaling 97 feet in length. Mounds of this type were constructed for ceremonial and not burial purposes. Ferdinand J. Heim donated the mound to the Wisconsin Archeological Society on July 8, 1937. It is judged by the society to be the finest example of prehistoric Indian earthen sculpture around Lake Mendota. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
Title: Heim Mound
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