Book

Contributions to the prehistory of the Columbia Plateau: a report on excavations in the Palouse and Craig Mountain sections

[s.n.] • (9) • Published In 1962 • Pages: ii, 86 , plates

By: Butler, B. Robert.

Abstract

Butler reports on excavations on the Columbia Plateau: four sites in Camas Prairie, Idaho (Weis Rockshelter, Cooper's Ferry, McLaughlin's Flat, and Picture Cave) and one site along the Snake River, Washington (Ash Cave). Four sites contain assemblages that date to the Cascade time period, which Butler calls the Craig Mountain phase in this report (Weis Rockshelter, Cooper's Ferry, Picture Cave, and Ash Cave). Most of this report centers on the excavations at Weis Rockshelter. Butler was interested in further defining the Old Cordilleran culture which centered around the Cascade point. (Studies of the Old Cordilleran culture and Cascade point led later researchers to define the Cascade culture.) Butler believed the Old Cordilleran culture may have originated around The Dalles on the lower Columbia River and spread east and perhaps west from there. The importance of Ash Cave is that it lies halfway between The Dalles and Weis Rockshelter and dates between the two sites.

HRAF PubDate

2001

Region

North America

Sub Region

Plains and Plateau

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry; 2000

Field Date

1958, 1961, 1962

Coverage Date

8900 BP - 3490 BP

Coverage Place

Columbia Plateau; Idaho and Washington, United States

Notes

by B. Robert Butler

Errata slip inserted

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 82-86)

LCCN

63063435

LCSH

Indians of North America--Columbia Plateau--Antiquities