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Wilson Butte Cave

A NATIONAL REGISTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

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ARTIFACTS

 

 

 
 Layer A
400-700
years ago

BONE

bone awl, layer A
bone awl

horsetooth
horse tooth 

comb
comb 

game pieces, dice
dice, top incised
  
bones
faunal remains 
 
 
 
Layer A
400-700
years ago

POTTERY

perforated sherd possibly Shoshone ware
perforated sherd
possibly Shoshone
ware

pottery sherds 
perforated sherds
possibly Shoshone
ware

clay object?
clay object?

SHELL

dentallium shell, Strata A
Dentallium shell,
Strata A, sinew
string on interior
w/feather attached
to string

Olivella bead, right
DRILL

jasper drill from the disturbed layer, 1989 exc
drill, jasper
STONE

milling stone
milling stone 		Layer A
400-700
years ago

LITHIC POINTS

Humboldt Series Point
Humboldt Series Point

Northern Side notched point
Northern Side notched point 

obsidian point
med. obsidian point 


obsidian point
 
small obsidian point
 
obsidian point
cm. units

Layer A
400-700
years ago

CORDAGE

rope
rope, veg fiber?


cordage from vegetation
left=sagebrush
bark fiber
center=fine fiber
right=veg? fiber

BASKET

basket piece
basket fragment,
veg fiber?

ANIMAL HIDE

moccasin, hide
moccasin
WOOD

wooden shafts or drills?
wooden arrow
shafts
 

GO TO THE CAVE
Discoveries
• Occupation Period
• Who Camped Here
• What Was Found
• Daily Life

Excavation
• History
• Age Dating
• Meet the Team


PREHISTORIC IDAHO
Climate
• Beringia
• Out of the Ice Age
• Idaho's Past Climate

Migration
• The First People
• A New Theory
• Indian Tribes
• Native Legends
• Early Sites

Hunting
and Gathering
• Major Changes
• Tools I
• Tools II
• Ice Caves 
• Gathering Plants
• Food / Medicine


EDUCATION
Teacher Pages

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Last updated: 11-04-2008