Smuggler Cove Shell Midden

	Smuggler Cove Shell Midden (35TI46)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Address restricted
Nearest city	Neahkahnie Beach, Oregon
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
MPS	Native American Archeological Sites of the Oregon Coast MPS
NRHP reference No.	97000985
Added to NRHP	September 10, 1997

The Smuggler Cove Shell Midden (Smithsonian trinomial: 35TI46) is an archeological site located in Oswald West State Park near Neahkahnie Beach, Oregon, United States. First documented by archeologists in 1976, the midden has been found to contain remains of mussels, barnacles, and chiton to a depth of approximately 30 centimeters (12 in). Radiocarbon dating of a single sample of shell debris indicates that the Smuggler Cove campsite was occupied around 1660 CE, approximately the same date as the supposed wreck of a European ship at nearby Nehalem Spit, suggesting the site may preserve information from both before and after first contact between local people and Europeans. The site has been heavily damaged by construction of recreational facilities and coastal erosion, but a significant portion remains with potential to contribute to future research. Data generated from the site may help answer questions related to environmental change in the Oregon Coast region, settlement and subsistence patterns, emergence of ethnographic patterns among coastal people, the change in cultural patterns from before to after contact with European Americans, and other topics.^[2]^[3]

The Smuggler Cove Shell Midden was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[4]

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^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
^ ^a ^b Erlandson, Jon M.; Moss, Madonna L. (August 31, 1996), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: 35-TI-46, Smuggler Cove Shell Midden (redacted PDF), retrieved October 20, 2015.
^ Moss, Madonna L.; Erlandson, Jon M. (August 31, 1996), National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Native American Archaeological Sites of the Oregon Coast (PDF), retrieved September 28, 2015.
^ National Park Service (September 26, 1997), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/15/97 through 9/19/97, archived from the original on September 30, 2015, retrieved October 20, 2015.

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[ARCombinedNote-1] Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.

[SCSMNom-2] Erlandson, Jon M.; Moss, Madonna L. (August 31, 1996), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: 35-TI-46, Smuggler Cove Shell Midden (redacted PDF), retrieved October 20, 2015.

[ASOCMPSNom-3] Moss, Madonna L.; Erlandson, Jon M. (August 31, 1996), National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Native American Archaeological Sites of the Oregon Coast (PDF), retrieved September 28, 2015.

[WkList-4] National Park Service (September 26, 1997), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/15/97 through 9/19/97, archived from the original on September 30, 2015, retrieved October 20, 2015.

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