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Fort Rock Cave is a cave near the American landmark Fort Rock in Lake County, Oregon. The cave is famous for being the site where 9,000 - 10,000 year old sandals were found—the world's oldest footwear discovered so far. Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter. ... Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. ...


Artifacts

The world's oldest footwear on record was discovered at Fort Rock Cave in 1938 by Luther Cressman from the University of Oregon.[1][2] The sagebrush bark sandals have been radiocarbon dated to approximately 9,000 - 10,000 years ago.[2][3] Several other prehistoric artifacts have been found at Fort Rock Cave, including basketry and stone and rock tools.[4] The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ... Binomial name Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ... Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring isotope carbon-14 (14C) to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to about 60,000 years[1]. Raw, i. ...


References

  1. ^ Fort Rock State Natural Area. Oregon State Parks. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.
  2. ^ a b World's Oldest Shoes. University of Oregon. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.
  3. ^ Tucker, Kathy (2002). Fort Rock Sandals. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.
  4. ^ Cultural Sequence in the Northern Great Basin: The View From Fort Rock. University of Oregon Department of Anthropology. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.

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