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Dry Lakes Plateau
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Dry Lakes Plateau is located in California
Dry Lakes Plateau
Dry Lakes Plateau is located in the United States
Dry Lakes Plateau
Nearest cityBodie Hills, California
Coordinates38°16′36″N 118°59′07″W / 38.2767°N 118.9853°W / 38.2767; -118.9853
Area3,340 acres (1,350 ha)
NRHP reference No.02001394[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 21, 2002

Dry Lakes Plateau is a 3,340-acre (1,350 ha) historic district including 65 archeological sites, in the Bodie Hills, California area. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 for its potential to yield information in the future. [1][2]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ F. Kirk Halford. "Archaeology and Environment on the Dry Lakes Plateau, Bodie Hills, California: Hunter-Gatherer Coping Strategies for Holocene Environmental Variability" (PDF).

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