Luther Cressman's 1938 discovery of a 9,000-year-old sandal in Fort Rock Cave revolutionized accepted theories of western prehistory. The recovery of the woven sagebrush-bark sandal, found buried under a layer of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Mazama, established a human presence in the Oregon Country much earlier than previously thought. 
Through six decades of scientific investigation, Cressman worked to uncover the history of the first Oregonians. In The Sandal and the Cave, he offers a brief, lucid introduction to the prehistory of Oregon Indians. Cressman describes their diverse cultures, highlighting similarities and differences between the peoples of various regions: the Oregon Coast, the Klamath Highland, the Northern Great Basin, and the Columbia Plateau. 
In a new introduction to Cressman's classic work, Dennis Jenkins provides a short biographical profile of the "father of Oregon archaeology" and discusses the importance of Cressman's excavation results and interpretations. Jenkins also offers a concise summary of recent archaeological research in the Northern Great Basin, bringing readers the most up-to-date information about the oldest known sites in Oregon.

The Sandal and the Cave: The Indians of Oregon

Politics & Social Sciences

Cressman, Luther Sheeleigh

Social Sciences

Oregon State Univ Pr

Book by Cressman, Luther Sheeleigh

A Golden Journey: Memoirs of an Archaeologist

History

Americas

Univ of Utah Pr

Archaeological Survey of the Guano Valley Region in Southeastern Oregon: University of Oregon Monographs, Studies in Anthropology, No. 1

Literature & Fiction

Literary

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Additional Contributors Include H. S. Stafford, Fred Hoffstead And Carl Reynolds.

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