Title: The Wever Bypass excavations
Description: This is a story about a highway project near the small town of Wever, Iowa, and an American Indian village that existed at the location prior to the Europeans' arrival. The culture that lived in this village existed in a 10 state region of the Upper Midwest and may have been the ancestors of tribes living in the Midwest when European explorers entered the region. An archaeological recovery of information from the site was undertaken by the Iowa Department of Transportation because four-lane construction of U.S. 61 could not be accomplished without destroying most of the site. This site proved to be one of the richest archaeological finds in the State of Iowa.
Subjects: Archaeology, Excavations (Archaeology), Antiquities, Historic sites, Oneota Indians (Great Plains), Radiocarbon dating, Roads, Design and construction, Native Americans, Iowa. Department of Transportation, Iowa, Indians of North America, Iowa Indians, Prehistoric peoples
Places: Iowa, Lee County, Lee County (Iowa), Great River Road, United States Highway 61, Ioway, Oneota