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Cultural Resources

A cultural resource is a site, structure, object or district, usually more that 50 years old, that relates to the past. Federal law protects "significant" sites that are important to our past.

  • Archeological Sites, Historic Structures and the Iowa Landowner (PDF, 340 KB)

Cultural Resources Website Resources

  • ISites Public Data - Known Cultural Resources in Iowa
  • Iowa Ghost Towns
  • Iowa Historic Maps

PowerPoint Presentation

  • How to Identify an Alluvial Fan - a landform that is important to cultural resources compliance (PPT, 3 MB)
  • Archeological Sites and High Probability Locations (PPT, 1.2 MB)
  • Cultural Resources Indicators (PPT, 1.3 MB)
  • How to Take Burials, Burial Mounds, and Human Remains into Account (PPT, 752 KB)
  • Surveying Structures (PPT, 653 KB)

Requesting Assistance

  • Requesting State Office Assistance for Potential Archeological Impacts (PDF, 1 MB)

Quality Assurance

  • Cultural Resources Determination Flowchart (PDF)
  • Handbook Amendment 190-H, Supplement IA 1st Edition Part 601 (PDF) June 19, 2014

Contact:
Richard Rogers, Archeologist
Phone: 515-284-4262

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