<< Text Pages >> Fort Rock Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in United States
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Fort Rock CaveCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 203.596 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Bend, OR
Latitude: 43.378000N Longitude: 121.069W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cave or Rock Shelter in Lake County, Oregon
Thousands of years ago the massive rock outcrop known as Fort Rock jutted above the surface of an inland sea. And more than 6000 years ago ancient man took up residence in a rock shelter here, paddling between "the Rock" and the mainland. Here people set up housekeeping, leaving hearths, stone tools, and a cache of sandals woven from sagebrush - reputed to be the oldest examples of footwear from the ancient world.
When the site was first excavated its great age was indicated by artifacts found beneath a volcano ash layer already dated to 6000 years ago. Man-made artifacts found here dated back as early as 7000 BC. Now the rock shelter may be visited on guided tours held two weekends each month. Details are the State Park website:
Description of site and details on visiting the site.
The location given here is only approximate for the cave itself.
[Information from the film "Ancient America: Nomads of the West," Dir./Prod. Gray Warriner, 1997, among others.]
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