Folkert Mound Group (Woodland) -- 31. Wanampito: A Possible Ioway
Site from the 1600s (Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric) -- 32. Black Medicine
Site, Hartman Reserve Nature Center: Conservation for the Sake of the Past (Woodland) -- 33. Was There a Walled Prehistoric Village along the Cedar Valley Nature Trail? (Late Prehistoric) -- 34. Wickiup Hill: Public Understanding and Preservation (Archaic-Historic) -- 35. Patterson Trading Post (Historic) -- 36. Easy Fishing on the Iowa River (Late Prehistoric or Historic) -- 37. Excavating the Excavations at Ginger Stairs (Archaic and Woodland) -- 38. Woodpecker Cave (Archaic-Historic) -- 39. Edgewater Park
Site (Archaic) -- 40. Plum Grove -- Where the Rich Left the Least (Historic) -- 41. Jack Musgrove, Dee Norton, and Hickory Hill Park (Woodland) -- 42. Jesse Hoover -- Blacksmith and First Father (Historic) -- 43. Enclosures Along the Upper Iowa (Late Prehistoric) -- 44. Fish Farm Mounds (Woodland) -- 45. Nine Hundred Mounds Gone: The Great Harpers Ferry Mound Group Disappears (Woodland) -- 46. Paint Rock and the Lost Monolith (Protohistoric and Historic) -- 47. The Beauty of Effigy Mounds (Archaic-Late Prehistoric) -- 48. Pike's Peak -- Mounds and the Unconstructed Fort (Woodland) -- 49. Sny Magill -- A Glimpse of What May Have Been (Archaic and Woodland) -- 50. Dragoon Life at Fort Atkinson (Historic) -- 51. The Hewitt-Olmstead Trading Post (Historic) -- 52. The Elgin Brewery (Historic) -- 53. The Ruins of Motor Town (Historic).
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54. Death and the Turkey River Mound Group (Archaic and Woodland) -- 55. Four Mounds Survive the Odds (Woodland) -- 56. Mines of Spain (Archaic-Historic) -- 57. Oneida Cheese Factory at Bowen's Prairie (Historic) -- 58. Hadfields Cave: Refuge inside the Cliffs (Woodland) -- 59. Jackson County Rockshelters: Mouse Hollow and Levsen (Archaic-Historic) -- 60. Hurstville Lime Kilns (Historic) -- 61. Antoine LeClaire House (Historic) -- 62. Weed Park Mounds: "Forever Undisturbed" (Woodland) -- 63. Ancient Village Life at McNeal Fan (Archaic and Woodland) -- 64. McKinney Site: Does "X" Mark the Site? (Late Prehistoric-Protohistoric) -- 65. Toolesboro Mounds National Historic Landmark (Woodland) -- 66. Mounds and More Mounds at Malchow (Woodland) -- 67. Is There an Adena or Hopewell Ring Enclosure at the Poisel Mounds? (Woodland) -- 68. Fort Madison -- Under Siege Again (Historic) -- Index. |
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Iowa has the reputation of being one big corn field, so you may be surprised to learn it boasts a rich crop of recorded archaeological sites as well-approximately 27,000 at last count. Some are spectacular, such as the one hundred mounds at Sny Magill in Effigy Mounds National Monument, while others consist of old abandoned farmsteads or small scatters of prehistoric flakes and heated rocks. Untold numbers are completely gone or badly disturbed-destroyed by plowing, erosion, or development. Fortunately, there are many sites open to the public where the remnants of the past are visible, either in their original location or in nearby museum exhibits. Few things are more inspiring than walking among the Malchow Mounds, packed so tightly it is hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Strolling around downtown Des Moines is a lot more interesting when you are aware of the mounds, Indian villages, and the fort that once stood there. And, although you can't visit the Wanampito site, you can see the splendid seventeenth-century artifacts excavated from it at Heery Woods State Park. For people who want to experience Iowa's archaeological heritage first hand, this one-of-a-kind guidebook shows the way to sixty-eight important sites. Many are open to visitors or can be seen from a public location; others, on private land or no longer visible on the landscape, live on through artifact displays. The guide also includes a few important sites that are not open to visitors because these places have unique stories to tell. Sites of every type, from every time period, and in every corner of the state are featured. Whether you have a few hours to indulge your curiosity or are planning a road trip across the state, this guide will take you to places where Iowa's deep history comes to life. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Iowa -- Antiquities -- Guidebooks.
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Iowa. |
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Antiquities. |
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Guidebooks.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iowa.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Indians of North America -- Iowa -- Antiquities -- Guidebooks.
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Indians of North America. |
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Archaeology -- Iowa -- Guidebooks.
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Archaeology. |
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Historic sites -- Iowa -- Guidebooks.
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Historic sites. |
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Alex, Lynn Marie, 1948-
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De La Garza, Mary.
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Print version: Whittaker, William E., 1971- Archeological guide to Iowa 9781609383374 (DLC) 2014034891 (OCoLC)892879341 |
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9781609383381 (electronic book) |
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