Borax Lake Site
Archaeological site in California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the archaeological site in Lake County, California. For other uses, see Borax Lake (disambiguation).
The Borax Lake Site, also known as the Borax Lake—Hodges Archaeological Site and designated by the Smithsonian trinomial CA-LAK-36, is a prehistoric archaeological site near Clearlake, California. The site, a deeply stratified former lakeshore, contains evidence of the earliest known period of human habitation in what is now California, dating back 12,000 years. A portion of the site, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006, is owned and preserved by the Archaeological Conservancy.
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Borax Lake Site | |
Nearest city | Clearlake, California |
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NRHP reference No. | 91001424 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 3, 1991[1] |
Designated NHL | September 20, 2006[2] |
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