Indian Sands near
Brookings, Oregon
Brookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, Curry County, Oregon, United States. It was named after John E. Brookings, president of the Brookings Lumber & Box Company, who founded the city in 1908. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 censu ...
is an
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...
that was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1992.
Archaeological finds
In 2002, a team of researchers from Oregon State University found evidence of human presence on the southern Oregon coast at the Indian Sands area of
Boardman State Park dating more than 10,000 years ago — more than 2,000 years older than previously known archaeological sites on Oregon's coast. Carbon dating of artifacts (similar to ones found on the Alaskan and British
Columbia coasts) suggested an origin approximately 12,000 years ago.
See also
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Carpenterville, Oregon
Carpenterville is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon, Curry County, Oregon, United States. The community is located on the former alignment of U.S. Route 101 in Oregon, U.S. Route 101 known as the Roosevelt H ...
—a community near Brookings, Oregon
References
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Geography of Curry County, Oregon
Brookings, Oregon
National Register of Historic Places in Curry County, Oregon
Curry County, Oregon
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