Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19ax, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Harold Drollinger; Alvin R. McLane; Cheryl Nowack; Lonnie C. Pippin

Editor(s): William Gray Johnson; Colleen M. Beck; Richard D. McArthur

Year: 1992

Summary

This report documents the procedures and findings of archaeological investigations by the Desert Research Institute for sample unit U19ax on Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site during the summer of 1991 . Data recovery was conducted at sites 26NY 4182, 26NY5428, 26NY7842, and 26NY7843. The investigation consisted of mapping and surf ace collection at sites 26NY 4182, 26NY7842, and 26NY7843, a subsurface scrape at site 26NY4182, and one test excavation at site 26NY5428. Four surface artifact concentrations were defined, three at she 26NY4182 and one at site 26NY7843.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19ax, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada. Harold Drollinger, Alvin R. McLane, Cheryl Nowack, Lonnie C. Pippin, William Gray Johnson, Colleen M. Beck, Richard D. McArthur. Reno, Nevada: Desert Research Institute, Quaternary Sciences Center. 1992 ( tDAR id: 455831) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8455831

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone • Ground Stone

Site Name
26NY4182 • 26NY5428 • 26NY7842 • 26NY7843

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Ethnographic Research • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Clark (County) • Las Vegas, Nevada • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada • Nevada (State / Territory) • Nye (County) • Pahute Mesa • Rainier Mesa • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic • Historic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • Paleoindian Period • Shoshonean Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -116.362; min lat: 36.054 ; max long: -114.082; max lat: 37.213 ;

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