- Chan-Ya-Ta Site
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Main article: Iowa archaeologyChan-Ya-Ta Site
Nearest city: Linn Grove, Iowa Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 78001209
[1]Added to NRHP: November 21, 1978 The Chan-Ya-Ta Site (13BV1) is a Late Prehistoric village in Buena Vista County, Iowa in which Native Americans lived in large earthlodge structures surrounded by a fortified ditch.
The site is part of the Mill Creek Culture, which flourished in northwest Iowa 1100-1200 CE.
The site name is an amalgam of the first letters of the names of the different landowners who allowed access to the site, and is pronounced "chen-yata". It was the scene of the first Iowa Archeological Society field school.
See also
- Mound
- Mound builder (people)
- Earthwork (archaeology)
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- Alex, Lynn (2000) Iowa's Archaeological Past. University of Iowa Press. pp. 152–170.
- Tiffany, Joseph A. (1982) Chan-Ya-Ta: A Mill Creek Village. Report 15. Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
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