Rainier Mesa (Geographic Keyword)
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The data recovery conducted at Ul9an mitigates the impacts to the archaeological sites in danger of direct impacts. If the project is conducted as planned, there will be no further impacts to cultural resources.
Archaeological Data Recovery Related to the U20at Project, Nye County, Nevada (1992)
The area, located on the west side of the Nevada Test Site, actually consists of four project areas. Three are contiguous (the U20at drill pad, the access road/ skid trail, and the borrow location #2), and one is east of the main survey area {the borrow location #1 ). The survey identified and recorded 16 sites. Of these, 13 were isolates or localities with two artifacts.
Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19ax, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1992)
This report documents the procedures and findings of archaeological investigations by the Desert Research Institute for sample unit U19ax on Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site during the summer of 1991 . Data recovery was conducted at sites 26NY 4182, 26NY5428, 26NY7842, and 26NY7843. The investigation consisted of mapping and surf ace collection at sites 26NY 4182, 26NY7842, and 26NY7843, a subsurface scrape at site 26NY4182, and one test excavation at site 26NY5428. Four surface artifact...
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of Three Environmental Reclamation Characterization Wells On the Nevada Test Site and Nellis Air Force Base, Nye County, Nevada (1990)
Five archaeological sites were identified on ER-17-1 including three isolated artifacts and two localities of indeterminate function. Four isolated artifacts were recorded in the area of the ER-AF-3 pad, while four isolates, seven extractive loci, and two sites of indeterminate function were recorded along the access road. No cultural resources were encountered during the survey of ER-12-1. None of the recorded sites were judged to be eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic...
A Gabled Wooden Lodge in an Archaeological Context: Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19adPL, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1992)
The focus of the research was site 26NY3393. This site consists of a gabled wooden lodge with a hearth, a rock ring, and a diffuse artifacts scatter of ceramics, lithic tools, and lithic debitage. The structure is the only gabled log structure known on Pahute and Rainier mesas, and associated artifacts included Based on temporally diagnostic artifacts, the occupation of site 26NY3393 spans 8,000 years. There is no evidence that the site was occupied continuously for any great length of time. It...
Overview of Cultural Resources On Pahute and Rainier Mesas On the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1986)
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