Tollackson Mound Group facts for kids
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Tollackson Mound Group
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| Nearest city | Harmony, Wisconsin |
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| NRHP reference No. | 97001552 and 98001464 |
| Added to NRHP | December 15, 1997 (original) December 15, 1998 (increase) |
The Tollackson Mound Group (also known as 47VE927) is an ancient place where people built mounds long ago. It's an archeological site in Harmony, Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA. This special site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, and more of it was protected in 1998.
Who Built the Mounds?
The mounds were built by a group of people called the Effigy Mound tribe. These people lived between the years 500 and 1050 CE. They were ancestors of another group known as the Oneota people.
Why Did They Stop Building Mounds?
Around 950 years ago, the Effigy Mound people stopped building mounds. They also seemed to leave most of the hilly areas in western Wisconsin. Experts who study ancient cultures, called archaeologists, think there might have been too many people for the amount of wild food available.
Life Without Enough Food
One idea is that there weren't enough white-tailed deer in the open areas of western Wisconsin. Deer were an important food source. Without enough deer, it would have been hard for the Effigy Mound people to survive the cold winters. Around this time, the Effigy Mound people started growing corn. This suggests that wild foods alone were no longer enough to feed everyone.
