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, found buried under a layer of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Mazama, established a human presence in the Oregon Country much earlier than previously thought.

Through six decades of scientific investigation, Cressman worked to uncover the history of the first Oregonians. In The Sandal and the Cave, he offers a brief, lucid introduction to the prehistory of Oregon Indians. Cressman describes their diverse cultures, highlighting similarities and differences between the peoples of various regions: the Oregon Coast, the Klamath Highland, the Northern Great Basin, and the Columbia Plateau.

In a new introduction to Cressman's classic work, Dennis Jenkins provides a short biographical profile of the "father of Oregon archaeology" and discusses the importance of Cressman's excavation results and interpretations. Jenkins also offers a concise summary of recent archaeological research in the Northern Great Basin, bringing readers the most up-to-date information about the oldest known sites in Oregon.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface; Preface to 1st Reprint Edition
Introduction to 2nd Reprint Edition
Chapter	 I	In the Beginning
Chapter	II	How Anthropologists Work
Chapter	III	The Land
Chapter	IV	The People
Chapter	V	Clothing, Houses and Settlements
Chapter	VI	Subsistence
Chapter	VII	Social Life
Chapter	VIII	The World View
Epilogue
Appendix:	Tribes of Oregon
Further Readings