Phipps Site

Reconstructed earthlodge.

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]

See also

• Earth sheltering
• Mound
• Mound builder (people)
• Earthwork (archaeology)

References

• 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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