Fingerprints in the Great Basin: The Nellis Air Force Base Regional Obsidian Sourcing Study

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Lynn Haarklau; Lynn Johnson; David L. Wagner

Year: 2005

Summary

To support the work involved in developing a PA, Nellis AFB determined that the area of research should be expanded for the entire north NTTR, 2 million acres, a region of intense volcanism. In 2000, the Air Force funded a large-scale scientific investigation of obsidian and its human associations on 2 million acres on the NTTR, the largest study done in terms of acreage and numbers of artifacts analyzed.

Cite this Record

Fingerprints in the Great Basin: The Nellis Air Force Base Regional Obsidian Sourcing Study. Lynn Haarklau, Lynn Johnson, David L. Wagner. 2005 ( tDAR id: 455802) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8455802

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Western Shoshone

Material
Obsidian

Site Name
26LN126 • 26LN418 • 26NY10927 • 26NY10936 • 26NY1101 • 26NY2729 • 26NY2731 • 26NY3 • 26NY3393 • 26NY920

Investigation Types
Environment Research • Ethnohistoric Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Belted Range • Black Mountain • Clark (County) • Crow Springs QUAD • Devil Peak 7.5' quad • Goldfield Hills • Great Basin • Kane Springs Wash Caldera • Kawich Range • Las Vegas, Nevada • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada • Nevada (State / Territory) • Nevada Test and Training Range • Nye (County) • Oak Spring Butte • Shoshone Mountains • Tempiute Mountain QUAD • United States of America (Country) • USGS Pahroc Spring QUAD 7.5'

Spatial Coverage

min long: -117.728; min lat: 36.054 ; max long: -114.082; max lat: 38.36 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Nellis Air Force Base CRM Manager

Contributor(s): Richard E. Hughes; Craig E. Skinner; Jennifer J. Thatcher; Keith Myhrer

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