Editing Intaglio (burial mound)

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In North American archaeology, '''intaglio''' ({{IPA|it|inˈtaʎʎo|lang}}) is a term from art applied to [[tumulus|burial mounds]] that refers to a design cut into a hard surface. In this case, the burial mounds have designs cut into the ground, though ''intaglio'' broadly applies to burial mounds which are raised above the natural surface of the terrain.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Birmingham|first1=Robert A.|last2=Eisenberg|first2=Leslie E.|title=Indian Mounds of Wisconsin|date=2000|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-16874-2|url=https://archive.org/details/indianmoundsofwi0000birm|access-date=2 January 2017|url-access=registration}}</ref> There are much more rare forms where they are left as indents below the natural terrain.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Paprock|first1=John-Brian|last2=Paprock|first2=Teresa Peneguy|title=Sacred Sites of Wisconsin|date=2001|publisher=Big Earth Publishing|isbn=9781931599016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgf7JmzmBO0C&q=intaglio+burial+mound|access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref> These are typically in some effigy shape such as the [[Panther Intaglio Effigy Mound]], which can be seen in [[Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin]], where it is the last remaining intaglio mound in the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Panther Intaglio (Riverside Group)|url=http://www.wisconsinmounds.com/PantherIntaglio.html|website=wisconsinmounds.com|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=University of Michigan|title=The Kratz Creek Mound Group: A Study in Wisconsin Indian Mounds|journal=Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee|date=October 21, 1919|volume=3|issue=1|pages=1–138|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duYyAQAAMAAJ&q=intaglio+burial+mound&pg=PA338|access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Blythe Intaglios]]
* [[Geoglyph]]
* [[Nazca Lines]] (famous example)

==References==
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