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Paint Rock Canyon Archeological Landscape District

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Paint Rock Canyon Archeological Landscape District
Nearest cityHyattville, Wyoming
Area5,340 acres (2,160 ha)
NRHP reference No.80004881[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 1990

The Paint Rock Canyon Archeological Landscape District is a 5,340-acre (2,160 ha) area of Native American archeological sites on the west side of the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. The area contains sites ranging from the late Paleoindian period of about 9000 years before present to late Prehistoric times. The sites include open campsites and rock shelters.[2] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1990.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Paint Rock Canyon Archeological Landscape". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office.