Nez Perce Snake River Archaeological District


Nez Perce Snake River Archeological District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Nearest city	Lewiston, Idaho
Area	3,500 acres (1,400 ha)
NRHP Reference #	78001086^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 22, 1978

The Nez Perce Snake River Archaeological District is a 3,500-acre (1,400 ha) archaeological district located in Nez Perce County, Idaho, and Asotin County, Washington, and centered on the Snake River, which divides the two states. The district includes a number of sites inhabited by the Nez Perce people, who used the area as a fishing ground and a winter campsite. Settlement in the district stretches from roughly 6000 B.C. to the 20th century A.D. Several hundred pictographs are part of the district, usually painted at village sites.^[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Rice, David G. (April 4, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Nez Perce Snake River Archaeological District (Redacted)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 25, 2014.

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