Mack Canyon Archeological Site

Mack Canyon Archeological Site
Photograph of flat ground with dry grass and a shallow, round depression
Soil depression marking the location of a pit house at the Mack Canyon Site in 2013
Location Address restricted[1]
Nearest city Grass Valley, Oregon
Built ca. 5000 BCE – ca. 1800 CE
Governing body Bureau of Land Management
NRHP Reference # 75001600
Added to NRHP August 22, 1975

The Mack Canyon Archeological Site (Smithsonian trinomial: 35SH23[2]) is a prehistoric archeological site in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. Consisting of an extensive series of pit houses in a sheltered canyon, the site was occupied seasonally in winter by Columbia River tribes for about 7,000 years from after 5000 BCE to the early 19th century CE.[3]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[2]

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  1. ↑ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of sensitive archeological sites in many instances. The main reasons for such restrictions include the potential for looting, vandalism, or trampling. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin (29), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved November 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ Anonymous (October 30, 1973), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form for Federal Properties: Mack Canyon Archeological Site.