Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site

United States historic place
Medicine Lodge Creek Site
44°17′57.25″N 107°32′28.8″W / 44.2992361°N 107.541333°W / 44.2992361; -107.541333 (Medicine Lodge Creek Site)
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
NRHP reference No.73001926[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1973

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "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.

External links

  • Medicine Lodge Archeological Site at Wyoming State Parks
  • Medicine Lodge Creek Site at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
  • Medicine Lodge Creek Site at WyoHistory.org
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