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The archaeology of Iowa is the study of the buried remains of human culture within the U.S. state of Iowa from the earliest prehistoric through the late historic periods. When the American Indians first arrived in what is now Iowa more than 13,000 years ago, they were hunters and gatherers living in a Pleistocene glacial landscape.
This list of the prehistoric life of Iowa contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Iowa.
A Historic Rock and Roll Landmark where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson gave their last performances on February 2, 1959, as part of the "Winter Dance Party Tour." They died the following day in a plane crash known colloquially as " The Day the Music Died ."
The main diagnostic artifact of this focus is the shell-tempered Allamakee Trailed pottery. The Orr focus has been radiocarbon dated to the late Prehistoric to Protohistoric and early Historic Periods, and the artifacts recovered confirm this late date. it is believed to represent the Prehistoric culture of the Ioway and Otoe tribes. [1]
This list of the Paleozoic life of Iowa contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Iowa and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
Lidar-derived image of Marching Bears Mound Group, Effigy Mounds National Monument.. Prehistoric earthworks by mound builder cultures are common in the Midwest.However, mounds in the shape of mammals, birds, or reptiles, known as effigies, apparently were constructed primarily by peoples in what is now known as southern Wisconsin, northeast Iowa, and small parts of Minnesota and Illinois.
Pages in category "Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The written history of Iowa begins with the proto-historic accounts of Native Americans by explorers such as Marquette and Joliet in the 1680s. Until the early 19th century Iowa was occupied exclusively by Native Americans and a few European traders, with loose political control by France and Spain.