Phase II Cultural Resources Inventory of 7,000 Acres at Lower Thirsty Canyon and Rocket Wash, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Mark A. Giambastiani; Emily S. Middleton

Year: 2016

Summary

This report documents the results of a Phase II cultural resources inventory of 7,000 acres on Range 77 (EC South), Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) Nye County, Nevada. Surveyed acreage encompasses two adjacent drainage corridors, lower Thirsty Canyon and lower Rocket Wash, both of which had been selected for the establishment of targets to be used in live-fire air-to-ground combat training. The NAFB/NTTR proposes to establish seven target zones in Thirsty Canyon and two target zones in Rocket Wash for the purposes of live-fire, small munitions bombing.

Cite this Record

Phase II Cultural Resources Inventory of 7,000 Acres at Lower Thirsty Canyon and Rocket Wash, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada. Mark A. Giambastiani, Emily S. Middleton. Reno, Nevada: ASM Affiliates. 2016 ( tDAR id: 455830) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8455830

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Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan • Owens Valley Paiute • Virgin Branch Anasazi • Western Shoshone

Material
Basketry • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Shell

Site Name
26NY12531 • 26NY13268 • 26NY13698 • 26NY1416 • 26NY1426 • 26NY15516 • 26NY15529 • 26NY15531 • 26NY15533 • 26NY15535 • 26NY15536 • 26NY15538 • 26NY15539 • 26NY15540 • 26NY15546 • 26NY15560 • 26NY15572 • 26NY15580 • 26NY15581 • 26NY15585 • 26NY15586 • 26NY15591 • 26NY15592 • 26NY15599 • 26NY15643 • 26NY15655 • 26NY15660 • 26NY15728 • 26NY1573 • 26NY15734 • Range 77 Show More

Site Type
Isolated Feature • Mine • Pit • Quarry • Rock Art • Rock Shelter • Trail

Investigation Types
Ethnohistoric Research • Historic Background Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Clark (County) • Las Vegas, Nevada • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada • Nevada (State / Territory) • Nye (County) • Rocket Wash • Thirsty Canyon • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
Archaic • Basketmaker • Ethnohistoric • Holocene • Terminal Pleistocene

Spatial Coverage

min long: -117.728; min lat: 36.054 ; max long: -114.082; max lat: 38.36 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Nellis Air Force Base CRM Manager

Contributor(s): Clint Cole; Penny Ruck; Diane L. Winslow

Record Identifiers

Report No.(s): 05-2015-NTTR

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