Provides information on 68 important archaeological sites in Iowa, including sites of every type, from every time period, and in every part of the state.

Iowa has more than eighteen thousand archaeological sites, and research in the past few decades has transformed our knowledge of the state's human past. Drawing

"Projectile point" is a collective term for spear and dart points, arrowheads, and hafted knives. The many Native Americans who have inhabited Iowa shaped point

The Iowa state preserves system was created in 1965; a decade later, thirty preserves had been dedicated, including “six native prairies, a native White Pine

Iowa's rock record is the product of more than three billion years of geological processes. The state endured multiple episodes of continental glaciation during