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A Class II Archaeological Reconnaissance of a Portion of Area 20 Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1987)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lonnie C. Pippin. Alvin R. McLane. Gregory H. Henton.

This monograph describes a Class II cultural resources reconnaissance of a 9.75 km2 land parcel in Area 20 of the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada. The Social Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, examined a 30% sample of this sagebrush and juniper covered area on Pahute Mesa in order to identify a representative sample of the cultural and archaeological resources there. This information was then used to develop alternative strategies through which the U.S. Department of Energy might...


An Overview of Cultural Resources on Pahute and Rainier Mesas on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lonnie C. Pippin.

Since the early 1960's, Pahute and Rainier mesas, situated in the northwestern portion of the Nevada Test Site, southern Nye County, Nevada (Figure 1), have been used by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for nuclear weapons testing. In accordance with the Limited Test Ban Treaty signed in August, 1963, this testing has been restricted to underground. Nevertheless, construction activities which accompany underground nuclear tests have resulted in the disturbance of the surface terrain around...