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Chan-Ya-Ta Site | |
 A reconstructed earthlodge | |
| Nearest city | Linn Grove, Iowa |
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| NRHP reference No. | 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. [2] [3]
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.
