The Phipps Site is a Late Prehistoric Mill Creek Culture archaeological site near Cherokee

Cherokee, Iowa

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 in Cherokee County

Cherokee County, Iowa

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, Iowa

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, United States

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The site consists of numerous earthlodges in what may have been a fortified village. Mill Creek Culture sites date to ca. AD 1100-1200 and consists of large nucleated sites utilizing Plains agricultural patterns. It was excavated by the University of Iowa in 1955, and has been reinvestigated several times.

Phipps was declared a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

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 in 1964.

See also

• Earth sheltering
  Earth sheltering
  Earth sheltering is the architectural practice of using earth against building walls for external thermal mass, to reduce heat loss, and to easily maintain a steady indoor air temperature...
  
  
• Mound
  Mound
  A mound is a general term for an artificial heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris. The most common use is in reference to natural earthen formation such as hills and mountains, particularly if they appear artificial. The term may also be applied to any rounded area of topographically...
  
  
• Mound builder (people)
• Earthwork (archaeology)