The Mowry Bluff Archeological Site, in Frontier County, Nebraska, near Cambridge, Nebraska, is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) archeological site that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Its Smithsonian trinomial designation is 25 FT 35. It is a village site that was listed for its information potential.[1] A "house mound" at the site was explored, and the site was described, by archeologist W. Raymond Wood, of the University of Missouri, before 1970.[2] The Mowry site is one of many in the watershed of Medicine Creek.
Mowry Bluff Archeological Site | |
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| Location | Western side of Medicine Creek, immediately east of the center of Section 25, Township 5 North, Range 26 West[2] |
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| Nearest city | Cambridge, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40°22′19″N 100°13′26″W / 40.37194°N 100.22389°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001115[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 12, 1974 |
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Wood, W. Raymond. "The Mowry Bluff Site, 25FT35". Plains Anthropologist 14.44 (1969): 3-6: 3.
External links
edit- More photos of the Mowry Bluff archaeological site at Wikimedia Commons