Changing Dynamics in American Indian Culture: The archeology of the Loess Hills Region of Iowa reveals rich material culture and an impressive number of earthlodge sites left by the American Indians who occupied the area from roughly AD 1250-1400. The period was crucial to the human history of the North American mid-continent because people began switching from hunting and gathering to a more sedentary lifestyle. New forms of food production and storage supported larger numbers of people but also tethered them to particular locations for longer periods of time. In general, people moved away from alluvial valleys to easier-to-defend sites in fortified villages or palisades and bluffs. Perhaps nowhere in the Midwest and Plains regions are more dense concentrations of earthlodge dwellings than the Loess Hills region.
Above extracted from the National Register MPS Form prepared by Cynthia L Peterson, Melody K Pope, Michael J Perry, John G. Hedden, James L Theler/archeologists, and Mary J Adair/paleoethnobotanist, Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa - NPS
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