The Area II Quarry (26Ck4984) Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Vikki Gaskill

Year: 2002

Summary

Site 26Ck4984 is a prehistoric chert quarry located in Area II on Nellis Air Force Base. A detailed core analysis and debitage study, including core type, flake type, and comparisons of core facet to flake measurements was performed in order to determine if the site had been utilized by local people or by people traveling long distances. Research results suggest that the site was used predominantly by local inhabitants, probably as an embedded activity in their hunter-gatherer subsistence strategy. An adjunct to this project was the collection of raw material for the purpose of building a database of geochemical signatures of raw material sources.

Cite this Record

The Area II Quarry (26Ck4984) Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Vikki Gaskill. Austin, Texas: Prewitt & Associates, Inc. 2002 ( tDAR id: 456081) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8456081

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone

Site Name
26CK4984

Site Type
Quarry

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

Geographic Keywords
Clark (County) • 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: -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

Record Identifiers

Contract No.(s): DACA63-00-D-0006

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