Prehistoric Archaeology of the West Sinter Quarry Cortez Mountains, Nevada

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Stephanie D. Livingston; Christopher Pierce

Year: 1988

Summary

This report documents the methods and results of archaeological investigations conducted by the Desert Research Institute Social Sciences Center i n the Buckhorn Mining District of the Cortez Mountains, Nevada. The investigations were conducted for Cominco American to mitigate the adverse impacts to significant cultural resources resulting from expansion of the Buckhorn Mine onto land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Mitigation efforts included avoidance of impacts by project redesign, and archaeological data recovery when avoidance was impossible .

Cite this Record

Prehistoric Archaeology of the West Sinter Quarry Cortez Mountains, Nevada. Stephanie D. Livingston, Christopher Pierce. Reno, Nevada: Desert Research Institute. 1988 ( tDAR id: 455833) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8455833

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone • Ground Stone

Site Name
26EU1317 • West Sinster Quarry

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structures • Pit • Quarry • Rock Shelter

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Desert series • Elko Series • Gatecliff Series • Great Basin Stemmed • Humboldt Series • Lanceolate • Pinto Series • Quarry Pit • Rosegate Series • West Sinster Site

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

Temporal Keywords
Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

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

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Nellis Air Force Base CRM Manager

Contributor(s): Nicholas Chapin; Stephen R. Durand; Fred Nials; Peter E. Wigand

Principal Investigator(s): Lonnie C. Pippin

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