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| Photo to left is mound between Honey Creek and Burlington Photographed Mary Sutherland Photo to right is effigy on Hwy 83 outside of Burlington Wisconsin Photographed by Photographed by C.W. Beemer June 27, 1927 View looking north. |
| Many times the archeologist or researcher will walk right over a spot of antiquity without realizing it...BUT when shot from the air, a whole new picture of the site comes into view. Photos by Tom Baker |
| A ground view of a rock-strewn field south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in which the stones appear more or less randomly distributed, except for a few possible alignments. No overall pattern can be detected at ground level. |
| Aerial view of same area shown in Photo One. From this perspective it is obvious that these rocks have in fact been arranged into large patterns. Archaeologists believe it was done by prehistoric people, probably for agricultural purposes. The pattern was simply too large to be detected by someone standing on the ground. To give you an idea of its size, compare the size of the trees in the ground and aerial view |
| Photo One Typical ground view of a buried Southwestern pueblo (town) site. The contrast between the bare areas of ground and the surrounding grass and other vegetation form a pattern, but this pattern is too large to detect at ground level. |
| Photo Two No vegetation grows over the walls of the buried roomblocks of this ancient town, possibly because the adobe (mud) used in the construction of the walls and rooms is sterile, or too densely packed. The result is that the outlines of the buried pueblo are revealed to the aerial observer. Some of the rooms (at center of photo) have been opened by excavation, leaving rectangular cavities. The small circle in the center of the largest enclosure (plaza) is the trace of the pueblo's kiva, or semi-subterranean ceremonial chamber (the small tree beside it is the same one in the center of the ground-level photo). |
| HELP WANTED - We are currently looking for someone with a small plane that can fly us over some of the Burlington Wisconsin area mound sites. We are in hopes of being able to map -out through aerial photography - ancient roadways, gardens, mounds, structures, etc. If you can help us contact Mary Sutherland 262 767 2864 Pay will be in the gratification that you have helped preserve history that otherwise could be forever lost to our future generations. and of course Credit under each photo |
| HELP SAVE OUR HISTORY BEFORE IT IS LOST FOREVER - |