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United States historic place
Weston Canyon Rock Shelter
Location Address restricted
[2] , vicinity of
Weston, Idaho Area less than one acre NRHP reference
No.
74000738
[1] Added to NRHP July 25, 1974
The Weston Canyon Rock Shelter , located in
Franklin County, Idaho in the vicinity of
Weston, Idaho is a historic site listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
[1]
The site was investigated in
archeology study in 1969 and 1970. The site shows association with the
Great Basin culture , with northwestern
Great Plains culture , and with
Rocky Mountain culture . Its earliest occupation was deemed to be approximately 7000–3500 years ago, relative to the 1970s, and it was believed the rockshelter was inhabited continuously into the 1800s.
[3]
^
a
b
"National Register Information System" .
National Register of Historic Places .
National Park Service . July 9, 2010.
^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect
archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990),
Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources , National Register Bulletin,
National Park Service ,
U.S. Department of the Interior ,
OCLC
20706997 .
^ B. Robert Butler (January 22, 1974).
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Weston Canyon Rockshelter" (PDF) . Idaho State Historical Society. Retrieved October 21, 2017 . Includes photo from 1968.
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