Modoc Rock Shelter

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Modoc Rock Shelter
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)

Nearest city:	Modoc, Illinois
Architect:	Natural Feature
Architectural style(s):	Prehistoric Erosion
Designated as NHL:	January 20, 1961^[1]
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	66000328
Governing body:	State

Modoc Rock Shelter is a site significant for its archaeological evidence of the culture of Archaic Indians in the Eastern United States. Evidence from the site, including four seaparate periods of Archaic occupation and one of prehistoric Indians of a later period, suggests that the cultures of the Indians in the Eastern Woodlands may have been comparable in age to the big game hunting cultures of the Great Plains. It is basically a rock overhang, someplace to get out of the rain, more open than a cave, but better than nothing.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Modoc Rock Shelter. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).

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