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Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend November 16, 2005 These sagebrush bark sandals, dating from 1,000 to 9,000 years ago, were found in a cave in Central Oregon in 1934. Mail Tribune / Bob Pennell Sandals have traveled 10,000 years Ancient Southern Oregon footwear will be highlight of lecture on early inhabitants By PARIS ACHEN Mail Tribune The brittle pair of ancient sagebrush bark sandals has spent the majority of its life hidden away in a cave in Central Oregon and then, in a Southern Oregon Historical Society climate- controlled storage building. On Saturday, the example of Central Oregon footwear fashionable thousands of years ago will make a rare public appearance at the Talent Community Center as part of a free lecture on the state’s earliest high-desert inhabitants. "It may well be the oldest thing in the Southern Oregon Historical Society’s collection," said Jan Wright, executive director of the Talent Historical Society. The presentation by Dennis L. Jenkins, a staff archaeologist with the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Eugene, will give a glimpse of prehistoric life in Central Oregon. The event is sponsored by the Oregon Council for the Humanities and Talent Historical Society. Advertisement Jenkins led an archaeological field school in 2002-03 in the Paisley Caves near the town of Paisley in Central Oregon. The dig was intended to answer the question of whether native people co- existed with ice-age animals whose bones were found during digs in the 1930s and 1940s by archaeologist Luther Cressman, UO museum founder. "We determined people probably were there" more than 12,000 years ago, Jenkins said. The Southern Oregon Historical Society’s sagebrush bark sandals likely date back to a later period about 1,000 to 9,000 years ago, said Thomas Connolly, research director at the UO museum. They are multiple-warp sandals, characterized by eight or more sole warps, cupped sole and heel pocket, toe flaps of warp fibers and front ties passing through a set of weft loops, Connolly said. An anonymous donor gave the sandals to the historical society in 1978, Wright said. The shoes were mistakenly labeled as Fort Rock sandals, a style from 9,000 to 10,500 years ago with five warps, no heel pocket and ties around the heel or ankle, Wright said. The sandals were excavated by Cressman in 1934 from a cave in Central Oregon, she said. The exact location is unknown. The sandals will be displayed with a privately owned Clovis point found in the 1990s in a backyard along Ashland Creek in Ashland. The fluted projectile point is believed to be about 11,000 years old, Wright said. "It’s very, very rare to find a Clovis point," she said. "It means it came from a different culture than those that were here when white people came." If you go What : Free lecture titled, "Where the Buffalo and the Camel Roamed: Oregon’s Earliest High Desert Occupants." When : 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Where : Talent Community Center, 206 E. Main St. Reach reporter Paris Achen at 776-4496 or e-mail Sandals have traveled 10,000 years ">[email protected] . Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2006 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback www.bingo.com Absinthe Supply Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker Custom Build Computers Computer Security Discount Hotel Reservations online casinos news Debt Consolidation California Casinos Cuban Cigars Generic Viagra Windermere Van Vleet Deep Muscle Stimulator Sports Equipment Online Casino Reviews Online Bingo Entertainment Guide Online Casino Fundraisers Sudoku Online Casinos Canada King of Spirits Advertisement s Advertisement