Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds: A Settlers' Fortification of the Black Hawk War
Robert A. Birminghamserved for many years as Wisconsin State Archaeologist at the Wisconsin Historical Society. He now teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Waukesha and writes from his home in Madison. He is the recipient of the 2005 Steinberg Prize from the University of Wisconsin Press forIndian Mounds of Wisconsin,co-authored with Leslie E. Eisenberg; the 2005 Merit Award for history from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association forAztalan: Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town, written with Lynne G. Goldstein; the Increase A. Lapham Medal from the Wisconsin Archeological Society; and a 2007 Wisconsin State Park Hero award for his work promoting Aztalan State Park.