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Dead Indian Campsite
Nearest city: Cody, Wyoming Governing body: United States Forest Service NRHP Reference#: 74002030 Added to NRHP: May 3, 1974[1] The Dead Indian Campsite is an archeological site in the Sunlight Basin of the Absaroka Mountains in Park County, Wyoming, United States. The site was found during the construction of the Sunlight Basin Road in 1967. The location was used as a butchering site, and excavations by the University of Wyoming in 1969 uncovered numerous stone tools, as well as the bones of elk, deer, mountain sheep, porcupine and wolf. A stone cairn was found to contain antler sets. The site was used in different eras for 4500 years.[2]
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Dead Indian Campsite". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/site.aspx?id=314. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
External links
- Dead Indian Campsite at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
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