Phipps Site

Main article: Iowa archaeology

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Phipps Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Nearest city:	Cherokee, Iowa
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	66000335
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966^[1]
Designated NHL:	July 19, 1964^[2]

The Phipps Site (13CK21) is a Late Prehistoric Mill Creek Culture archaeological site near Cherokee in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States.

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 in 1964.^[2]

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^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ ^a ^b "Phipps Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=222&ResourceType=Site. Retrieved 2007-10-03.

Alex, Lynn (2000) Iowa's Archaeological Past. University of Iowa Press. pp. 153-167.
Fishel, Richard L. (1995) Excavations at the Phipps Site (13CK21): New Perspectives on Mill Creek Culture. Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

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