Ecola Point Site

Ecola Point Site (35CLT21)
Location Address restricted[1]
Nearest city Cannon Beach, Oregon
Area 1.4 acres (0.57 ha)[2]
MPS Native American Archeological Sites of the Oregon Coast MPS
NRHP Reference # 97000984
Added to NRHP September 10, 1997

The Ecola Point Site (Smithsonian trinomial: 35CLT21) is an archeological site associated with the Tillamook people, located in Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States. Several ground depressions at the site have been interpreted by researchers as house pits, indicating the presence of a semipermanent village. Two dense shell middens have preserved extensive faunal remains, along with other artifacts. Radiocarbon dates taken at the site roughly span a period from ca. 1100 CE to ca. 1700 CE. The site has the potential to yield information related to environmental change in the Oregon Coast region, settlement and subsistence patterns, emergence of ethnographic patterns among coastal people, the change in cultural patterns from before to after contact with European Americans, and other topics.[2][3]

The Ecola Point Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[4]

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  1. ↑ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of sensitive archeological sites in many instances. The main reasons for such restrictions include the potential for looting, vandalism, or trampling. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin (29), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
  2. 1 2 Erlandson, Jon M.; Moss, Madonna L. (August 15, 1996), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: 35-CLT-21, Ecola Point Site (redacted PDF), retrieved September 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ Moss, Madonna L.; Erlandson, Jon M. (August 31, 1996), National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Native American Archaeological Sites of the Oregon Coast (PDF), retrieved September 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ National Park Service (September 26, 1997), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/15/97 through 9/19/97, archived from the original on September 30, 2015, retrieved September 29, 2015. Note that this source contains a typographical error, rendering the name of the site as "Bcola Point Site".
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