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Submitted by AKFisher on Friday, 25 August 2023  Page Views: 226

Rock ArtSite Name: Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site Alternative Name: Medicine Lodge Petroglyphs, Medicine Lodge Creek Site, 48BH499
Country: United States Region: The Northwest Mountains Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Hyattville, WY
Latitude: 44.298640N  Longitude: 107.54155W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site
Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site submitted by AKFisher : Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site rock face area. Photo credit: AKFisher. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in The Northwest Mountains

Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site is a Wyoming state park that interprets the Medicine Lodge Creek Site, a prehistoric Native American archeological site near Hyattville, Wyoming. It is administered by the Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites. The site is at the base of a steep limestone outcropping near the point where the dry and running portions of Medicine Lodge Creek join. for a protected location with ready access to water. The site includes petroglyphs and pictographs on the rock face. Excavations starting in the 1970s have found twelve levels of habitation in 10.5 feet of stratum, ranging from historic times to 8300 years before the present. The site comprises a portion of the former Wickwire Ranch, which was purchased by the state in 1972 and became to Medicine Lodge Wildlife Habitat Management Area of 12,000 acres (4,900 ha). The archeological site was designated in 1973.[2][3][4] The site is managed as a state park, with campgrounds and a visitor center. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1973.[1].

Archaeological Surveys:
Largely through the efforts of Stu Conner, a long-time member of the Montana Archaeological Society and avid rock art researcher, MLC began to receive professional attention. He visited the site in 1968 to look at the rock art shortly after the corrals had been bulldozed and observed quantities of artifacts, bones, hearths, and 3 to 6 feet of cultural levels exposed by the disturbance. He photographed the petroglyphs, noting the presence of shield-bearing
warriors and animals, and contacted the Smithsonian Institution to obtain a site number—48BH499. He also contacted George Frison at the University of Wyoming, who visited the site in 1968. Frison began test excavation shortly thereafter which started a massive, long-term research project at MLC and other nearby sites in the mid-1970s funded by the National Science Foundation. This project revealed nearly 10,000 years of human occupation of MLC and reconstructed changing environmental conditions. It also documented key differences beginning in late Paleoindian times between foothills, mountain and Plains cultural groups by demonstrating the importance of smaller game and gathering of plants, as compared to big-game hunting.[5] Source: Wikipedia (see link below)

References:
1. National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site. Wyoming State Historical Society. November 8, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
3. About - Medicine Lodge. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
4. Medicine Lodge Creek Site. Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office.
5. Loendorf and Francis, Wyoming State Parks brochure, "Rock Art at Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site," edition 2021.

Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_Lodge_State_Archeological_Site<2>
Wyoming Historical Society
http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/medicine-lodge<4>

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From Hyattville, WY via Cold Springs Rd. and Co. Rd. 52, 6.4 mi.
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Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site
Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site submitted by AKFisher : Informational marker on site. Photo credit AKFisher. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site
Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site submitted by AKFisher : Rock art detail from panel #9 including anthropomorph and zoomorph depictions (possibly female) and shield detail. Photo credit: AKFisher. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site
Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site submitted by AKFisher : Rock art marker on site. Photo credit: AKFisher. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site
Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site submitted by AKFisher : Detail from panel area #4 - anthropomorphs depicting shield-bearing warriors with distinct pattern motifs. Photo credit: AKFisher. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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