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.
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.
