Snake River Archaeological Site Explained

The Snake River Archaeological District is an archaeological area in the United States, located in Nez Perce County, Idaho, and Asotin County, Washington, and centered on the Snake River, which divides the two states. The area includes a number of sites inhabited by the Nez Perce people, who used it as a fishing ground and a winter campsite. Settlement in the area stretches from roughly 6000 B.C. to the 20th century A.D. Several hundred pictographs are part of the area, usually painted at village sites.^[1]

It includes the confluence of Redbird Creek and the Snake River.

The Washington part of the site, west of Snake River and comprising 4640acres in Asotin County, Washington was added as the Snake River Archeological District to the National Register in 1976.^{[2] [3]}

The Idaho part of the site, east of Snake River and comprising 3500acres in Nez Perce County, Idaho was added as the Nez Perce Snake River Archaeological District to the National Register in 1978.^{[4] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rice. David G.. National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Nez Perce Snake River Archaeological District (Redacted). National Park Service. March 25, 2014. April 4, 1977.
2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=76001868}} Nomination Form for Snake River Archeological District]. National Park Service.
3. Book: Hells Canyon Hydroelectric Project: Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1 . 2007 . 486.
4. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=78001086}} Nomination Form for Nez Perce Snake River Archaeological District]. National Park Service.