Fort Rock Cave
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Fort Rock Cave is an archaeological site in Oregon renowned for yielding some of the oldest known Native American artifacts in North America, including ancient sagebrush-bark sandals.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
cave ⓘ |
| access | guided tours only ⓘ |
| artifactTypeFound |
faunal remains
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sagebrush-bark sandals ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | early Native American inhabitants of the Great Basin ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designatedAs | National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environmentalContext | arid Great Basin environment ⓘ |
| estimatedAgeOfKeyArtifacts | approximately 9,000 to 10,000 years old ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Luther Cressman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | tuff ring formation ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalCulture |
Early Holocene hunter-gatherers
ⓘ
Paleo-Indian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDatingMethod | radiocarbon dating of sandals ⓘ |
| hasDiscovery | Fort Rock sandals ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | basalt and volcanic tuff surroundings ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
anthropology
ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ paleoenvironmental studies ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
contains some of the oldest directly dated footwear in the world
ⓘ
evidence for early peopling of the Americas ⓘ key site for Great Basin prehistory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ancient sagebrush-bark sandals
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early human occupation evidence in the Great Basin ⓘ yielding some of the oldest known Native American artifacts in North America ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fort Rock Basin
NERFINISHED
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Great Basin region NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Fort Rock State Natural Area vicinity ⓘ |
| locatedNear | community of Fort Rock, Oregon ⓘ |
| managedBy | Oregon Parks and Recreation Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Bend, Oregon (regional center) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Basin archaeological region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| timeDepthOfOccupation | late Pleistocene to early Holocene ⓘ |
| tourismType | heritage tourism ⓘ |
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