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Wilson Butte Cave

A NATIONAL REGISTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

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 EXCAVATION
Who helped Ruth? 
 
Excavation Team of 1969
  • Alan Bryan
  • Student members of the field crew: Alice Byrd, Larry Carlson, Matthew Hill, Kathleen McKay, Robert McNealy, John Osmundson, Paul Sneed Jr., Jim Wagner, and Catherine Williams
  • Clifford Sather
  • Santo Tine
  • Robert Grimmett
  • Wayne Perron
  • Arthur and Janet Severance
  • Earl Voss 
 
Excavation Team of 1989
  • Alan Bryan
  • John Lytle (archaeologist- Shoshone BLM Office)
  • Jeff Bailey, Ian Franck, Rula Shafig, and Diane Cockle (University of Alberta student volunteers)
  • BLM volunteers (led by Sue Mathes)
  • Paleontologists from the Idaho Museum of Natural History (led by William Ackersten and Allen McCrady)
  • Jeff Lytle 
  • Projectile point analysis: Mark Druss
  • Micro fauna Paleontological analysis: Susanne Miller
  • XRay flourescence: Jeff Bailey
  • Analysis, description and recording of perishable materials: Diane Cockle
  • Stratigraphic analysis: Ian Franck
  • Notable contributions: L and L Manufacturing of American Falls, Idaho, Idaho National Guard, Magic Valley Towing, ISU Anthropology (portable laboratory in 1989), Local grazing association.

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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
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Last updated: 11-04-2008