Valley View Site Marker Article - Oneota / Ioway / Winnebago (Ho-Chunk)

I enjoyed the photo above and the accompanying article regarding a Wisconsin historical site marker with ties to Ioway history and culture.

Inscription: This is the location of a village occupied between 1000 and 1200 by the Oneota, ancestors of the Winnebago and Ioway. The village site was chosen by the Oneota to make the best use of the area for farming, fishing, hunting, transportation, and defense. The village was surrounded by a stockade and inhabited by 50 to 100 people. It was excavated in 1979 by archaeologists and students from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.

Read more HERE.

http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=15402