"The Significance of Rock Feature
Complexes on the Southern Columbia Plateau"
by Thomas J. Connolly and Mark A. Tveskov et al
(Received 31 October 1995, revised manuscript accepted 2
February 1996)
"On the Columbia River’s south bank near the town of Mosier,
Oregon, is a 12+ hectare (30 acre) complex of rock walls, pits, and cairns
patterned in a talus and debris field at the foot of the 30 m (100 ft) Columbia
Gorge escarpment. Commonly known as the ‘‘Mosier Mounds’’, this site is an
unusually large, well-preserved example of the rock feature sites found throughout
the Columbia Plateau and associated with vision quests, burials, and game
drives. This paper describes the construction of digital models of the site and
advantages their flexibility o ers for site recording and assessment, and
provides interpretations regarding the specific uses and larger social purposes
of the site with reference to the ethnographic and archaeological records." -
1997 Academic Press Limited
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