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The Little Maquoketa River Mounds State Preserve is a state-owned archaeological site and natural area located within the city of Sageville, Iowa, just north of Dubuque, on U.S. Highway 52. It is high up on a limestone ridge above the Little Maquoketa River , [ 1 ] not too far from the river's mouth with the Upper Mississippi River .
The Association of Natural Burial Grounds (ANBG) was established by The Natural Death Centre charity in 1994. It aims to help people to establish sites, to provide guidance to natural burial ground operators, to represent its members, and to provide a Code of Conduct for members. The NDC also publishes The Natural Death Handbook. [25]
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 cemeteries in Iowa includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Cemeteries in Iowa (3 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Burial monuments and structures in Iowa" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Burial monuments and structures in Iowa (1 C, 2 P) W. Burials at Woodland Cemetery (Des Moines, Iowa) (29 P)
BALTIMORE — A sprawling field in Windsor Mill, Maryland, may soon become Baltimore County’s first natural burial ground — an increasingly popular option for loved ones to bury their dead ...
In 1966, the Toolesboro Mound Group was listed as a National Historic Landmark, and in 1969 a small visitor center and parking lot were built near the site. The state has designated the Historical Society of Iowa as custodian of the site. Of the seven mounds, only two are visible on the grounds of the Educational Center.