Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (Geographic Keyword)

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From Conflict to Refuge: Recognizing American Indian Sites in the Western U.S. between 1800 and 1930 (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.

Correspondence in support of the Legacy Grant Proposal.


From Red Spring to Cane Spring: Landscapes of Movement along the Greater Belted Range DRAFT (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Maria Nieves Zedeño. Fletcher P. Chmara-Huff. Alex K. Carroll. Rebecca S. Toupal.

This report summarizes published and unpublished historical, archaeological, and ethnographic information on the Native American use, history, and occupancy of the Belted Range, Nye County, Nevada.


A Gabled Wooden Lodge in an Archaeological Context: Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19adPL, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Anne Dubarton.

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...


Gap Mountain Master ACMI Site (East Mormon Range) (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Nichols.

Lands Case N-42721 Gap Peak (East Mormons) ACMI Communications Site-USAF/Construction of a 15' x 15' solar powered communications tower (leveling and trenching) and 110' x 120' helicopter landing zone (brush-clearing only).


Gapfiller Radar Site on Tolicha Peak and Associated Access Road (1978)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Stanton D. Rolf.

BLM Cultural Resources inventory for fence line construction along the north boundary of the Nellis Bombing Range.


General Sensitivity Map, Cultural Resources NTTR (2009)
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General sensitivity map of cultural resource for NTTR, Nellis Air Force Base.


The Geology of Source Materials for Lithic Artifacts in Southern Nevada (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert P. Dickerson.

Archaeological and cultural surveys have been done in the NAFB vicinity in order to open up more acreage for new target construction. Through these surveys NAFB hopes to find areas with the highest potential for mission expansion and the lowest potential for number and complexity of eligible archaeological sites. This report provides a discussion on the geology of the southern Great Basin to be used by non-geologists who need to understand what type of rocks exist in this region. The...


George's Water Pipeline Cultural Resources Report (1982)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Dennis Smith. Richard Hanes.

A single archaeological site (Cr Nv-06- 3008), consisting of two isolated chert flakes, was located during the course of the field investigation.


A Glimpse at the Archaeological Landscape of Black Mountain and Upper Thirsty Canyon, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul. Michael K. Lerch. Margaret Beck. Robert M. Wegener. Kathleen L. Hull.

The study resulted in the identification of 46 archaeological sites. Among these are extensive habitation areas, a spectacular rock art gallery, and a rockshelter containing baskets that appear to represent a woman’s personal belongings. Projectile point and ceramic types provide insights on changing settlement and subsistence patterns, technology, and external relationships. During the five millennia or more that people have lived in the Black Mountain area, it has served both as a place of...


A Glimpse at the Archaeological Landscape of Black Mountain and Upper Thirsty Canyon, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul. Michael K. Lerch. Kathleen L. Hull. Margaret Beck. Robert M. Wegener. Richard W. Arnold.

An archaeological research and characterization study of 1,275 acres in nine survey units in the Black Mountain area of the Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) was conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI). The study resulted in the identification of 46 archaeological sites. Among these are extensive habitation areas, a spectacular rock art gallery, and a rockshelter containing baskets that appear to represent a woman’s personal belongings. Projectile point and...


The Golden Fence (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David Layton.

The project consists of rerouting the existing boundary fence around some private mining claims.


Gravel Pit Expansion at Test Site (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Margaret Waski.

A gravel pit at the Test Site (half of it is on DOE and half of it is on BLM) wIII be expanded from 45,000 cubic yards to 90,000 cubic yards .


Great Basin Land-Use Patterns: A View from the Kawich Range, Results of Inventory and Predictive Modeling from the Kawich Range Stratified Archaeological Sampling Project, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael S. Kelly. Russell Bevill.

URS Corporation, formerly Dames & Moore, under contract to Prewitt & Associates, was selected by Nellis Air Force Base to perform archaeological inventory of an approximate 5,000-acre sample of the Kawich Range. The following report constitutes the third phase of the project, and documents the results of the archaeological survey and an evaluation of a predictive model. Thirty-five sample units were randomly selected for survey within the project area, while six named springs were intuitively...


Great Basin Mining Camps: A Mid-level Overview (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson.

The study provides information to assist managers on planning how to best invest scarce time and money into mining archaeology.


Groom Area Site Inventory Forms (2020)
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Desert Research Institute Site Forms for the Groom area site on the Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.


A Guide to the Geology of Stonewall In Support of Nellis AFB Archaeology (2012)
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This resource is a guide to the geology of Stonewall Mountain. Conducted by Nellis AFB archaeology, a geological study was completed in the Stonewall Mountain and Stonewall Flat area on the Nevada Test and Training Range. This study is meant to help archaeologists working in that area understand what natural resources were available to the early Native American inhabitants of the region. This geological study also compares the rocks that exist in the Stonewall region with the different types of...


Hannapah Mining Site Reports (1986)
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Site forms from Hannapah mining site.


Hannapah Photos (2020)
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Hannapah Photos


Hannapah Site Visit (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.

Historical context of the Hannapah mining site.


The High Chief System Of The Southern Paiute Nation Draft (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Stoffle.

Discussion of traditional southern Paiute political units.


The Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation of the Charter School Property at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Serra Akboy-Ilk. Michelle Wurtz Penton. Kristen Reynolds.

Three buildings at the Charter School Property, Nellis AFB (Facilities 1783, 1784, and 1789) are recommended eligible under Criteria B and C based on their design by Zick & Sharp, whose Mid-century Modern work shaped the architectural landscape of Las Vegas between 1949 and 1980. The school campus was designed to be “one of the most modern type structures” in the state of Nevada and embodies distinct design and structural qualities of the Mid-century Modern architectural style.


The Historic Building Inventory and Evaluationof the Lomie Gray Heard Charter School Property (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Serra Akboy-Ilk. Michelle Wurtz. Kristen Reynolds.

This report presents the historical evaluation and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility recommendations for 18 architectural resources (Facilities 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 3200, 25003, 30002, 30003, 30004, 50000, 58717, and one unnumbered structure) of the Lomie Gray Heard Charter School Property (Coral Academy circa 2016) at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB).


Historic Evaluation and Treatment of Building 65 Creech Air Force Base Clark County, Nevada (2014)
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At the request of Nellis Air Force Base, Desert Research Institute performed a revised survey and re-evaluation or Building 65 at Creech Air Force Base, located in northwest Clark County, Nevada. Since the building is scheduled for demolition, enhanced recording as a proposed treatment measure was done at the same time.


Historic Evaluation of 251 Buildings (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mikel Travisano. Michelle Wurtz. Natalie K. Thomas. Marsha Prior.

This report presents the National Register eligibility recommendations for 251 World War II and Cold War-era resources constructed prior to 1961 at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) and Creech AFB, a Nellis subinstallation, in southern Nevada.


Historic Evaluation of 251 Buildings Appendix C - Nevada State Historic Preservation Office Documentation (2007)
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Historic Evaluation of 251 Buildings Appendix C - Nevada State Historic Preservation Office Documentation.