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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stinkingwater Medicine WheelsCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 82.315 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The West Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Village: Burns, OR
Latitude: 43.560000N Longitude: 118.51W
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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The two stone circles lie on Bureau of Land Management property within the Stinkingwater Mountains. They were discovered and documented in 2007. The stone circle shown in local media appears to be approximately 20m in diameter and made from dozens of stones, ranging from fist sized rocks to stones half a meter long. Stone circles of similar type are known from the the northern plains and eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, but are basically unknown in this area.
Patrick O'Grady (University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History) estimates the structures to be between 110 and 340 years old based on lichen growth, wear, and appearance of the ground beneath the stones that make up the circles. At this estimated age the circles are may predate the first contact in this area with Europeans. In the contact era and later the Stinkingwater Mountain area was an important gathering area of the Northern Paiute for the harvest of wild root crops.
The location given is for the general area; not the stone circles.
Note: Blimp helps University of Oregon document medicine wheels. See comment and links.
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