Morrison Mounds

Morrison Mounds
LocationAddress restricted[2]
NRHP reference No.73000991[1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1973

Morrison Mounds is a historic site north of Battle Lake, Minnesota, United States, consisting of 22 Native American burial mounds, built beginning around 800 B.C. Twenty are conical, one flat-topped and one elongated, all near Otter Tail Lake. The mound group has the oldest radiocarbon date of any in present-day Minnesota.[3] Its construction is similar to others in the area, suggesting they were all built by members of the same tribe over a period of time. Similarities include a central burial pit, covered by logs, and a possibly crematory. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
  3. ^ Sigrid Arnott; Scott Brosowske; David Maki. "National Register of Historic Places nomination form - Fort Juelson" (PDF). Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.