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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460129203321

Autore

Whittaker William E. <1971->

Titolo

The archeological guide to Iowa / / William E. Whittaker, Lynn M. Alex, Mary De La Garza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, Iowa : , : University Of Iowa Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-60938-338-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

Iowa and the Midwest Experience

Disciplina

977.7/01

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Iowa

Indians of North America - Iowa - Antiquities

Archaeology - Iowa

Historic sites - Iowa

Electronic books.

Iowa Antiquities Guidebooks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

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 i