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'''Wilson Butte Cave''' is located on the [[Snake River]] plain in [[Jerome County, Idaho|Jerome County]] northeast of [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]] and southeast of [[Shoshone, Idaho|Shoshone]]. Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as an archaeology site, it is maintained by the [[Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM). A round bubble in appearance, it pops up from a flat wide bed of ancient lava. An [[Lava cave#Types|inflationary or liftup cave]] is inside the bubble. |
'''Wilson Butte Cave''' is located on the [[Snake River]] plain in [[Jerome County, Idaho|Jerome County]] northeast of [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]] and southeast of [[Shoshone, Idaho|Shoshone]]. Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as an archaeology site, it is maintained by the [[Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM). A round bubble in appearance, it pops up from a flat wide bed of ancient lava. An [[Lava cave#Types|inflationary or liftup cave]] is inside the bubble. While archaeologists are uncertain of exact dates prior to 10,000 years ago, evidence has been found that native peoples lived here at least 10,000 years ago. Artifacts found here provide the oldest evidence of human presence on the [[Snake River Plain]] and is among the oldest such evidence in all of North America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wilson Butte Cave|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|year=March 25, 2009|url=http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/fo/shoshone/wilson_butte_cave.html|accessdate=December 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wilson Butte Cave|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|year=November 4, 2008|url=http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/fo/shoshone/wilson_butte_cave/wilson_butte_cave/discoveries/occupation.html|accessdate=December 28, 2011}}</ref> |
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[[Image:Wilson-butte-exterior-id-us.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Wilson Butte Cave protrudes like a rocky bubble on a vast, level sea of ancient lava]] |
[[Image:Wilson-butte-exterior-id-us.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Wilson Butte Cave protrudes like a rocky bubble on a vast, level sea of ancient lava]] |
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Revision as of 23:50, 28 December 2011
Wilson Butte Cave | |
 Wilson Butte Cave appears as an air bubble in a sea of lava | |
| Nearest city | Hunt, Idaho in Jerome County |
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| NRHP reference No. | 74000741 |
| Added to NRHP | November 21, 1974 |
Wilson Butte Cave is located on the Snake River plain in Jerome County northeast of Twin Falls and southeast of Shoshone. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an archaeology site, it is maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). A round bubble in appearance, it pops up from a flat wide bed of ancient lava. An inflationary or liftup cave is inside the bubble. While archaeologists are uncertain of exact dates prior to 10,000 years ago, evidence has been found that native peoples lived here at least 10,000 years ago. Artifacts found here provide the oldest evidence of human presence on the Snake River Plain and is among the oldest such evidence in all of North America.[1][2]
The lava of the area is a dark gray to black fine grained basalt. The cave is in a lava tube developed in a pressure ridge in the flowing lava. The source of the lava is Wilson's Butte which is about one half mile SSE of the cave. The lava is more than 15,000 years old as determined by radiocarbon dating of a camel bone from within a lava tube cave. The bone had tool markings indicating working by humans.[3]
References
- ^ "Wilson Butte Cave". Bureau of Land Management. March 25, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "Wilson Butte Cave". Bureau of Land Management. November 4, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Matthews, S. H. (2006). "Geologic Map of the Star Lake Quadrangle, Jerome and Lincoln Counties, Idaho" (PDF). Digital Web Map DWM-67. Idaho Geological Survey. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
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