Mapping the Mosier Mounds

 

"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

https://www.academia.edu/6654642/Mapping_the_Mosier_Mounds_The_Significance_of_Rock_Feature_Complexes_on_the_Southern_Columbia_Plateau