Photograph
Shell Mound
| Poppies blooming in a field in front of a hill, right, identified by the photographer as a shell mound. The dark squares in the side of the mound are probably evidence of archeological excavations. |
| Image ID: | 137176 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1930 |
| Creator Name: | Pond, Alonzo W. |
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| Collection Name: | Alonzo W. and Dorothy L. Pond papers, 1869-1989 (bulk 1913-1986) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | lantern slide |
| Original Format Number: | M87-377.22 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 3.25 inches |
| Shell mounds are archeological features created from the waste, or middens, of mollusks eaten by humans thousands of years ago. See also Image IDs: 136688 and 136817 for other views of this field. As assistant curator of Beloit College's Logan Museum of Anthropology, Alonzo Pond participated in several expeditions to Algeria between 1925 and 1930. |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Flowers |
| Archaeology |
| Landforms |
| Archaeological sites |
| Outdoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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