Moapa Valley, Nevada (Geographic Keyword)
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Charred "twiggy material" overlying a house floor at site 26CK6444 in the lower Moapa Valley, Nevada, was submitted for identification. The structure had burned, and radiocarbon analysis of charcoal from a burned post base identified as Populus spp. yielded a radiocarbon age of A.D. 125-338. The charcoal fragments submitted for identification were part of a larger sample of charred twigs roughly aligned in a patch and flaring out toward the exterior edge of the house floor. It is possible...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL FROM SITES 26CK192 AND 26CK194/1893, MOAPA VALLEY, NEVADA (2004)
Pollen and macrofloral samples were collected from two sites located approximately 50 miles north-northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Sites 26CK192 and 26CK194/1893 represent Anasazi occupations associated with a rockshelter and the head of a deep box canyon. Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined to identify subsistence activities at these sites, as well as to compare subsistence activities between the sites.