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Rock ArtSite Name: Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site Alternative Name: Medicine Lodge Petroglyphs, Medicine Lodge Creek Site, 48BH499Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 45.311 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Northwest Mountains Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Hyattville, WY
Latitude: 44.298640N Longitude: 107.54155W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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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 |
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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>
Directions:
From Hyattville, WY via Cold Springs Rd. and Co. Rd. 52, 6.4 mi.
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