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The Wever Bypass excavations : highway archaeology along the Great River Road in southeast Iowa / Randall M. Withrow, The Louis Berger Group, Inc..

Title: The Wever Bypass excavations : highway archaeology along the Great River Road in southeast Iowa / Randall M. Withrow, The Louis Berger Group, Inc..
Author: Withrow, Randall M. (Randall Mark),
Publication: Ames, Iowa : Iowa Department of Transportation, 2012.

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26 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs (some color); 22 x 28 cm

Summary

This is a story about a highway project near the small town of Wever, Iowa, and an American Indian village that existed at the location prior to the Europeans' arrival. The culture that lived in this village existed in a 10 state region of the Upper Midwest and may have been the ancestors of tribes living in the Midwest when European explorers entered the region. An archaeological recovery of information from the site was undertaken by the Iowa Department of Transportation because four-lane construction of U.S. 61 could not be accomplished without destroying most of the site. This site proved to be one of the richest archaeological finds in the State of Iowa.

Alternative Title

Highway archaeology along the Great River Road in southeast Iowa

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (page 25).

Coverage (note)

Wever, Iowa (Lee County).

Funding (note)

Sponsored by the Iowa Department of Transportation in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and the State Historical Society of Iowa.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Source of Description (note)

Title from cover.

Contents

[Introduction] -- The Wever Bypass -- Iowa's Great River Road is rich with history -- US 61 follows historic trail -- How were the Wever sites discovered? -- Who were the Oneota? -- Linking history and archaeology (p. 7) -- Using computers to reconstruct prehistoric pottery -- Early site explorations -- Prehistoric root cellars -- Why did the Iowa Department of Transportation decide to excavate the Wever site? -- How was the site excavated? -- Small-object recovery -- The Oneota village at Wever -- Farmers and hunters -- How does radiocarbon dating work? -- Why did the Oneota settle at Wever? -- The Ioway welcome visitors.

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^^2013433203

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806032887

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Harvard Library