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“Archaeology of a Horse Bonebed at Memorial Union,
Iowa State University”

In late March of Photo courtesy of Matt Hill principal
2006 contractors investigator on a
working on Patrick Brummel, former nine-day dig at the
improvements to ISU student digging site. In his
the Iowa State bonebed. presentation, Dr.
University Hill will discuss the
Memorial Union discovery,
unearthed several excavation, and
pits containing results of this effort
tightly packed to unlock a
large animal previously
bones, mostly undocumented
belonging to piece of Iowa State’s
horses, and an rich history.
assortment of When: 4:00pm,
metal and glass Tuesday, July 22nd
artifacts. Matthew Where: The
G. Hill, Assistant Campanile Room of
Professor in the the Iowa State
Department of Memorial Union,
Anthropology at 2229 Lincolnway,
ISU, served as the Ames

Burial Protection
In 1908 antiquarians dug into site 13BN29, a burial mound in Boone
County, uncovering the human remains of 5 individuals. Because of this
and other occurrences like it, Iowa, in 1976, became the first state in the
nation to enact a law to protect ancient burials. Nationally, the Native

American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act of 1990 or
NAGPRA as it has become
known, now protects by law,
the disinterment of Native
American burials, as well as
provides a process for
returning Native American
cultural items and human
remains to culturally

affiliated Indian tribes.

Boone Mound To learn more about
NAGPRA, go to: http://
www.nps.gov/history/
nagpra/.