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Bill Cannon, an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management, at Paisley Caves above the Summer lake plain in Lake County, Oregon. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Oregon caves added to National Register of Historic Places

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Bill Cannon, an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management, at Paisley Caves above the Summer lake plain in Lake County, Oregon. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Bill Cannon, an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management, at Paisley Caves above the Summer lake plain in Lake County, Oregon. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – The National Park Service has added a Lake County cave complex to the National Register of Historic Places.

The Klamath Falls Herald and News reports the Paisley Five Mile Point Caves made the list because they are considered an important archaeological and historic site.

Excavations began at the Paisley cave complex in the 1930s.

In 2002, students from the University of Oregon renewed the search for human remains. Thanks to the Paisley caves, researchers have found evidence of human occupation in Oregon beginning 14,300 years ago.

That’s nearly 1,000 years earlier than previously thought.

A sandal from the cave complex is on display at the Klamath County Museum. The sandal dates back 8,000 to 9,000 years and was excavated by a University of Oregon professor.

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Bill Cannon, an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management, at Paisley Caves above the Summer lake plain in Lake County, Oregon. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Bill Cannon, an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management, at Paisley Caves above the Summer lake plain in Lake County, Oregon. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.