MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Willow Drive Mounds and Habitation Complex in Madison has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Wisconsin Historical Society announced Tuesday.

The site, consisting of a group of Late Woodland burial mounds and a habitation area that was frequently visited between 5000 B.C. and 1000 A.D.

The area is significant in its art, religion, and Native American archaeology.

The burial mounds, distinctive to the Teejope (Four Lakes) region, include an effigy mound that shows a goose or other waterbird in flight, a probable water spirit, a small conical mound and a linear mound with a divided end, are arranged in a linear procession. The mounds may represent Lower and Upper World spirit beings and an overall water-related theme. Spirits were an imp

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