Marmes Rockshelter
The Marmes Rockshelter (also known as (45-FR-50)) is an archaeological site first excavated in 1962, near Lyons Ferry Park and the confluence of the Snake and Palouse Rivers, in Franklin County, southeastern Washington. This rockshelter is remarkable in the level of preservation of organic materials, the depth of stratified deposits, and the apparent age of the associated Native American human remains. The site was discovered on the property of Roland Marmes, and was the site of the oldest human remains in North America at that time. In 1966, the site became, along with Chinook Point and the American and English Camps on San Juan Island, the first National Historic Landmarks listed in Washington. In 1969, the site was submerged in water when a levee protecting it from waters rising behind the then newly constructed Lower Monumental Dam, which was down the Snake River, failed to hold back water that leaked into the protected area through gravel under the soil, creating Lake Herbert G. West.
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archaeological site
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Q6709786
Lyons Ferry Park
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Snake
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Q2467701
Palouse River
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Q118716
Franklin County
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Washington
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Q134783
stratified deposits
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Native American
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human remains
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Chinook Point
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American and English Camps
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National Historic Landmark
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levee
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Lower Monumental Dam
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Lake Herbert G. West
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Marmes Rockshelter
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1962-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1962
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1966-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1966
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1969-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1969
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instance of
located in the administrative territorial entity
heritage designation
located in the administrative territorial entity
located in the administrative territorial entity
located in the administrative territorial entity
heritage designation
dam