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Archaeologists, commission push protections and interpretive sign for Heim/Haim Effigy Mound
Summary
Rob Murray of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society briefed Middleton's Landmarks Commission on stewardship, naming, and threats to the Heim/Haim Effigy Mound; commissioners directed staff to seek easements, add contract protections for Mound Drive reconstruction, and ask Public Works to relocate a no‑parking pole near the planned interpretive panel.
Rob Murray, past president of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society, told Middleton's Landmarks Commission the Heim (Haim/Himes) Effigy Mound is an approximately 1,000‑year‑old burial effigy and a locally rare cultural resource that predates much of Middleton’s built heritage.
Murray described stewardship work on the quarter‑acre parcel the Wisconsin Archaeological Society has maintained since a 1937 map indicated the society as the lot recipient. He said volunteers removed an estimated 1,000 buckthorn stems and began prescribed burns five years ago to reduce nonnative groundcover; the parcel now supports roughly 35 species of spring ephemeral…
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