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PARK Dane County iY o. 4,V'e a, ? I Park Commission �jfOM•. COMMISSvaN 4318 Robertson Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53714 • Telephone: 608/246-3896 JAMES G.MUELLER, Acting Director KENNETH J. LEPINE,Supervisor WAYNE PAULY,Naturalist 246-3893 246-3894 246-3899 October 23, 1990 Memo to the Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Committee From: Larry A. Johns Indian Mounds Project Coordinator After reviewing all of the October Rezoning requests and field checking nine of the sites , it has been determined that one site does still contain a Native American burial mound . Zoning Petition # 4882 (Item No . 1) which is located in the NE 1/4 , SE 1/4 of Section 16 of. the Town of Dunn has at least one mound remaining of at least three that once existed . The remaining mound is part of the Evans Mound Group which was first recorded in 1914 (McLachlan, 1914) . This mound is presently severely defaced , as it was once part of a hog and cattle pasture, but most of it is still present and appears to be the remains of some type of effigy . The two other mounds mentioned by McLachlan could not be relocated during this visit . The present property owner (Ms . Becky Huff ) informed me during our initial telephone conversation that she believed the property did contain a mound . This information had been relayed to her by the previous landowner . She then accompanied me on the investigation where we were able to determine that the mound was still extant . She has expressed an interest in having the mound catalogued for the County 's 25 ft . setback. Her present plans for house construction will not effect the remaining mound since the proposed development is approximately 100 ft . away. Soil horizons around the presently excavated foundation do not indicate that either of the other mounds mentioned by McLachlan were affected . BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE McLachlan, W .G. 1914 . The Wisconsin Archeologist . Old Series . Vol 12 (4) P . 119-120 . 4