IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE SALMON RIVER ESTUARY, OREGON

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman

Year: 2011

Summary

A single wood sample from an area believed to be the possible site of the Three Rox shipwreck was submitted for identification. This site is located in the Salmon River Estuary, Oregon. The wood is speculated to be part of an ancient shipwreck. “Amateur British historian Bob Ward has hypothesized the vessel is a Spanish Barque, pirated by Francis Drake on his famous voyage while in Costa Rica, and piloted by Rodrego Tello” (Kutsch 2011).

Cite this Record

IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE SALMON RIVER ESTUARY, OREGON. Kathryn Puseman. PRI Technical Report ,2011-051. 2011 ( tDAR id: 380190) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8K073T9

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Wood

Site Name
Three Rox shipwreck

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
11-051 • Wood Identification

Geographic Keywords
Oregon (State / Territory) • Salmon River Estuary

Spatial Coverage

min long: -124.915; min lat: 44.434 ; max long: -114.28; max lat: 49.468 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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