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Luther S. Cressman

Luther S. Cressman (1897-1994) joined the University of Oregon faculty in 1929 and,
in addition to his pioneering work as a field archaeologist, was instrumental in
establishing the Department of Anthropology and the UO Museum of Natural History.
His other books are Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of Vanished Peoples and
A Golden Journey: Memoirs of an Archaeologist.

Books by this Author

The Sandal and the Cave

Luther Cressman's 1938 discovery of a 9,000-year-old sandal in Fort Rock Cave revolutionized accepted theories of western prehistory. The recovery of the woven sagebrush-bark sandal...

| paperback | $14.95

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