National Register of Historic Places

Nez Perce Snake River Archeological District

Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho
Listed
December 22, 1978
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
78001086

About this property

The Snake River Archaeological District is an archaeological area in the United States, located in Nez Perce County, Idaho, and Asotin County, Washington, and centered on the Snake River, which divides the two states. The area includes a number of sites inhabited by the Nez Perce people, who used it as a fishing ground and a winter campsite. Settlement in the area stretches from roughly 6000 B.C. to the 20th century A.D. Several hundred pictographs are part of the area, usually painted at village sites. It includes the confluence of Redbird Creek and the Snake River. The Washington part of the site, west of Snake River and comprising 4,640 acres (18.8 km2) in Asotin County, Washington was added as the Snake River Archeological District to the National Register in 1976. The Idaho part of the site, east of Snake River and comprising 3,500 acres (14 km2) in Nez Perce County, Idaho was added as the Nez Perce Snake River Archaeological District to the National Register in 1978.

Location

Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho

Categories

PREHISTORICHISTORIC - ABORIGINALSOCIAL HISTORY
Sources

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When was Nez Perce Snake River Archeological District listed on the National Register?

Nez Perce Snake River Archeological District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.

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Nez Perce Snake River Archeological District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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