Chan-Ya-Ta Site

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Chan-Ya-Ta Site
A reconstructed earthlodge
Nearest city: Linn Grove, Iowa
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#:

78001209

[1]
Added to NRHP: November 21, 1978

The Chan-Ya-Ta Site (13BV1) is a Late Prehistoric village in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States, in which Native Americans lived in large earthlodge structures surrounded by a fortified ditch. The site is part of the Mill Creek Culture, which flourished in northwest Iowa 1100-1200 CE.

The site name is an amalgam of the first letters of the names of the different landowners who allowed access to the site, and is pronounced "chen-yata". It was the scene of the first Iowa Archeological Society field school.


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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. 
  • Alex, Lynn (2000) Iowa's Archaeological Past. University of Iowa Press. pp. 152–170.
  • Tiffany, Joseph A. (1982) Chan-Ya-Ta: A Mill Creek Village. Report 15. Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City.