Back in the 1990s, I participated in the University of Oregon’s Archaeology Field School in the Fort Rock Basin of Central Oregon. Professor Dennis Jenkins led the program where we excavated a prehistoric (pre-Mount Mazama eruption) fishing village. The ancient homes and hearths were situated on a raised knoll in the center of a late pleistocene-era lake (now a dry desert basin). We also surveyed nearby areas for evidence of fishing and other prehistoric human activities.
