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.[3]
Dead Indian Campsite | |
| Location | Address restricted[2] |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Cody, Wyoming |
| NRHP reference No. | 74002030[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 3, 1974 |
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
- ^ "Dead Indian Campsite". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
External links
edit- Dead Indian Campsite at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
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