Looking out of the Rockshelter, 1967
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This image gives an image of what the view was from inside the cavernous Rockshelter. It was the ancestral burial grounds, as well as the home for an unknown number of North America's first inhabitants. It was used for over 8,000 years, which really puts the Rockshelter's importance into perspective.
Image courtesy of Washington State University, Museum of Anthropology.
This file appears in: Prehistory in the Palouse: Marmes Rockshelter
Prehistory in the Palouse: Marmes Rockshelter
In 1952, a Palouse farmer named Roland "Squirt" Marmes discovered a strange rock formation on his property near the town of Hooper, Washington. That same year, another Hooper rancher named John McGregor brought Washington State University…
