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Cosmic Curiosities

For the most complete bibliography of Aztalan and related Mississippian material please refer to Robert A. Birmingham and Lynne G. Goldstein's book Aztalan: Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town. Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Madison Wisconsin, 2006.

Cosmic Curiosities

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• Anonymous
  • 1968 "The Fredrick S. Perkins Collection," reprinted from the twenty-second annual report 1876 of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Archaeologist Vol.43 No.3 pp.127-133
• Binford, Lewis R.
  • 1962 "Radiometric Analysis of Bone Material from the Oconto Site" The Wisconsin Archaeologist, Vol.

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Both archaeology and ethnology materials are strongly represented in the MPM collections.

Currently there are approximately 57,000 catalogued items or lots in archaeology, with approximately 36,000 catalogued items in ethnology.