DACA63-00-D-0006 (Other Keyword)
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The NAFB is interested in streamlining the identification of cultural resources in playa areas to quickly clear them for training. The Dry Lake Hydrological Disturbance Evaluation Model is a quantitative process by which archaeologists can assess whether a cluster of artifacts is an intact, culturally significant site, or merely the eroded remnants of several sites, using concepts of geomorphology, hydrology, and statistics, minimizing the need for intense field surveys. Using the findings of...
Lakes, Wetlands, and Meadows: Past Climate and Environments of the Playas on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2009)
Archaeologists are aware of the potential for late Pleistocene/early Holocene pluvial lake deposits to be associated with modern playas in the central and northern parts of the Great Basin. However, playas located farther south in the Great Basin do not appear to have supported pluvial lakes during past wet climate cycles. The five playas included in this study—the Indian Springs playa, Dog Bone Lake playa, Three Lakes Valley playa, the playas in Cactus Flat, and Pahute Mesa playa—are thought to...