A Gabled Wooden Lodge in an Archaeological Context: Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19adPL, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada
Summary
The focus of the research was site 26NY3393. This site consists of a gabled wooden lodge with a hearth, a rock ring, and a diffuse artifacts scatter of ceramics, lithic tools, and lithic debitage. The structure is the only gabled log structure known on Pahute and Rainier mesas, and associated artifacts included Based on temporally diagnostic artifacts, the occupation of site 26NY3393 spans 8,000 years. There is no evidence that the site was occupied continuously for any great length of time. It is more likely that Native Americans inhabited the area intermittently on a seasonal basis. The gabled wooden lodge is a late construction, probably dating between A.O. 1760 and 1865.
Cite this Record
A Gabled Wooden Lodge in an Archaeological Context: Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19adPL, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada. Anne Dubarton. Reno, Nevada: Desert Research Institute, Quaternary Sciences Center. 1992 ( tDAR id: 456004) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8456004
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Keywords
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Glass
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Shell
Site Name
26NY3393
Site Type
Artifact Scatter
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Domestic Structures
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Hearth
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Rock Ring
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Wooden Lodge
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
Geographic Keywords
Clark (County)
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
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Nevada (State / Territory)
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Nye (County)
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Pahute Mesa
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Rainier Mesa
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United States of America (Country)
Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic Period
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Historic
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Late Archaic Period
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Middle Archaic
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Paleoindian Period
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Shoshonean Period
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): Harold Drollinger; Susan Edwards; Claudia Hemphill; Bryan Scott Hockett; William Gray Johnson; Chester King
Principal Investigator(s): Lonnie C. Pippin; Colleen M. Beck
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