Early Human Adaptations Along Dry Lake Shorelines in the Great Basin Archaeological Research on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Bretton Somers; John Lindemuth

Year: 2011

Summary

The first human arrivals in the Great Basin encountered a landscape that for a time supported numerous lakes, marshes, rivers, and streams within the internally draining basins of the Great Basin. The current investigation is an effort to determine whether the terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene remnants of Mud, Gold Flat, and Kawich lakes on the Nevada Test and Training Range supported Paleo archaic activity. This study combines Dickerson's 2006 geomorphology findings with archaeological surveys to assess the nature of the Paleoarchaic presence and integrity of archaeological sites along the remnant beach formations in these three lake basins.

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Early Human Adaptations Along Dry Lake Shorelines in the Great Basin Archaeological Research on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base. Bretton Somers, John Lindemuth. Baton Rouge, LA: Gulf South Research Corporation. 2011 ( tDAR id: 456005) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8456005

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone

Site Name
26NY13582 • 26NY13583 • 26NY13584 • 26NY13585 • 26NY13586 • 26NY13587 • 26NY13588 • 26NY13589 • 26NY13590 • 26NY13591 • 26NY13592 • 26NY13593 • 26NY13594 • 26NY13595 • 26NY13596 • 26NY13597 • 26NY13598 • 26NY13599 • 26NY13600 • 26NY13601 • 26NY13602 • 26NY13603 • 26NY13604 • 26NY13605 • 26NY13606 • 26NY13607 • 26NY13608 • 26NY13609 • 26NY13610 • 26NY13611 • 26NY13612 • 26NY13613 • 26NY13614 • 26NY13615 • 26NY13616 • 26NY13617 • 26NY13618 • 26NY13619 • 26NY13620 • 26NY13621 • 26NY13622 • 26NY13623 • 26NY13624 • 26NY13625 • 26NY13626 • 26NY13627 • 26NY13628 • 26NY13629 • 26NY13630 • 26NY13631 • 26NY13632 • 26NY13633 • 26NY13634 • 26NY13635 • 26NY13636 • 26NY13637 • 26NY13638 • 26NY13639 • 26NY13640 • 26NY13641 • 26NY13642 • 26NY13643 • 26NY13644 • 26NY136442 Show More

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Gatecliff/Pinto Series

Geographic Keywords
Butte Valley • Butte Valley Corner-notched • Clark (County) • Gold Flat • Gold Flat Lake • Great Basin • Kawich Lake • Kawich Range • Las Vegas, Nevada • Mud Lake • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada • Nevada (State / Territory) • Nye (County) • Silver Lake • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
Archaic • Clovis • Holocene • Paleo-Archaic • Paleoindian Period • Pleistocene • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

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

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Contact(s): Nellis Air Force Base CRM Manager

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