Aztalan State Park
Aztalan Site
Mississippian 1000–1250 CE·Mississippian (Cahokian)·🇺🇸 Wisconsin, United States
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About Aztalan State Park
Northernmost Mississippian walled town 8 ha with three platform mounds, 850 m stockade, Cahokian migrants 1000–1250 CE, 700 km north of Cahokia. Recorded context — Period: Mississippian 1000–1250 CE; Culture: Mississippian (Cahokian); Field status: excavated; Materials: earth, clay, wood palisade; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersArchaeological landmark for Mississippian (Cahokian) in Wisconsin; type-site demonstrating stockaded platform-mound town and regional exchange.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function and chronology of Aztalan State Park within Mississippian 1000–1250 CE
- 02Relationship to neighboring polities
Theories
- 01Mississippian (Cahokian) ceremonial center for stockaded platform-mound town
- 02Regional capital controlling trade and tribute network
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.1000–1250 CE
- Period
- Mississippian 1000–1250 CE
- Culture
- Mississippian (Cahokian)
- Builders
- Mississippian migrants
- Purpose
- Stockaded platform-mound town
- Abandoned
- c.1250 CE
- Rediscovered
- 1919 Barrett excavations
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.1000–1250 CE
Aztalan State Park construction phase
20th century
Modern excavations
On the ground
Structures & features
43.0683° N · 88.8611° W · 265 m · 2 mapped features
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