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The West Oak Forest Earthlodge Site is a historic site located near Glenwood, Iowa, United States.It was discovered in 2009 by local archeologist Dennis Miller who found a depression of about 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter, and a maximum depth of 24 inches (61 cm) below the surrounding area. [2]
The Glenwood Archeological District is a nationally recognized historic district and archaeological sites located near Glenwood, Iowa, United States.It is one of nine sites from the Nebraska Phase of the Woodland period recognized by archaeologists, and the only one located east of the Missouri River. [2]
Glenwood sites in southwest Iowa near the Missouri River appear to be unrelated to the earlier Great Oasis sites, and are notable for their large earthlodge sites. Glenwood sites appear to have been more oriented in lifeways and trade with the Central Plains tradition cultures to the west than with the Mississippian cultures to the southeast.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... West Oak Forest Earthlodge Site: West Oak Forest Earthlodge Site. June 11, 2010
An earth lodge is a semi-subterranean building covered partially or completely with earth, best known from the Native American cultures of the Great Plains and Eastern Woodlands. Most earth lodges are circular in construction with a dome-like roof, often with a central or slightly offset smoke hole at the apex of the dome. [ 1 ]
Pony Creek Park is a park in Oak Township, Mills County, Iowa, United States, northwest of Glenwood. [2] Centered around the 83-acre (34 ha) Pony Creek Lake, it offers boating, picnicking, and fishing areas. [3] Other features of the park include woods, a camping area, virgin prairie, and a viewing area for the local loess topography. [4]
Map of Ancient Pueblo People regions, including the northern Mesa Verde region and the southern Chaco Canyon region. Archaeologists have agreed on three main periods of ancient occupation by Pueblo peoples throughout the Southwest called Pueblo I, Pueblo II, and Pueblo III. [2] Pueblo I (750–900 CE). Pueblo buildings were built with stone ...
Windlass Hill is located along the Oregon-California Trail.The hill marked the entrance from the high table lands to the south into the Ash Hollow area and the North Platte River valley.