Effigy Mounds Historic Resource Study

COVER

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

CHAPTER TWO

Methodology
Historical Research
Field Visits
Project Personnel

CHAPTER THREE

Environment

CHAPTER FOUR

American Indian History
Paleo-Indian Period (12,000-9,000 years BP)
Archaic Period (9,000-2,500 BP)
Woodland Period (2,500-750 BP)
Early Woodland Stage (2,500-2,100 BP)
Middle Woodland Stage (2,100-1,400 BP)
Late Woodland Stage (1,400-750 BP)

CHAPTER FIVE

European Contact

CHAPTER SIX

Early American Presence
U.S.-Indian Relations
Changing Perceptions Regarding the Mounds
Indian Conflict and U.S. Treaties
Euroamerican Settlement in Northeast Iowa
Transportation

CHAPTER SEVEN

Ellison Orr & Modern Archeological Studies at Effigy Mounds National Monument
Ongoing Research at Effigy Mounds National Monument

CHAPTER EIGHT

Movement For A Park

CHAPTER NINE

Recommendations
Additional Research Needs
Homesteading and Agricultural History
The Town of Nazekaw
Steamboat Landings
National Register Nomination Form Addendum

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX A

INDEX (omitted from the on-line edition)