Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Iroquois Burial Mound Photographed in Allen County, Indiana Before it was Destroyed by IPFW (Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne) Archaeologists

 

Iroquois Burial Mound Photographed in Allen County, Indiana Before it was Destroyed by IPFW (Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne) Archaeologists




Iroquois burial mound located in eastern Allen County, Indiana on the Maumee River.  The date fo this burial mound is likely Middle Woodland dating from 300 A.D. - 800 A.D. This prot-Iroquois burial mound was photographed prior to being destroyed by IPFW archaeologist, who removed skeletons and artifacts from the mound according to one of the neighbors who was an eyewitness to the dig.  the destruction of this burial mound and the warehousing of artifacts and skeletons at the Strawtown, Indian mound and earthwork.  80% of all archaeological digs there was no known academic paper produced from this excavation. To see all of the burial mounds in Allen County, Indiana  https://adenahopewellmoundbuildersohiovalley.blogspot.com/2011/10/mound-builders-in-fort-wayne-allen.html
    
  222 burial mounds and earthworks sites were photographed, and directions provided in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky and Michigan.  84 sites were photographed in Indiana.