Borax Lake site
Borax Lake site | |
Borax Lake | |
| Nearest city | Clearlake, California |
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| NRHP reference No. | 91001424 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 3, 1991 |
| Designated NHL | September 20, 2006 |
The Borax Lake site, also known as the Borax Lake–Hodges archaeological site and designated by the Smithsonian trinomial CA-LAK-36, is a prehistoric archaeological site near Clearlake, California. The site, a deeply stratified former lakeshore, contains evidence of the earliest known period of human habitation in what is now California, dating back 12,000 years. A portion of the site, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006, is owned and preserved by the Archaeological Conservancy.