Archaeology of the Moody Dunes Site, 26Ny4844, Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Ronald L. Reno; Lonnie C. Pippin

Year: 1986

Summary

Moody Dune, 26Ny4844, is a small lithic scatter situated on a low sand dune in Cactus Flat on the Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada. Surface co 11 ect ion, subsurface scrapes, and a 1x2 meter test pit yielded a total of 301 artifacts and indicate that the site is a single task locality where bifaces were made from tool stone of local origin. Moody Dune site dates to within the last 1500 years of human occupation in the area.

Cite this Record

Archaeology of the Moody Dunes Site, 26Ny4844, Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada. Ronald L. Reno, Lonnie C. Pippin. Desert Research Institute. 1986 ( tDAR id: 456188) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8456188

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone

Site Name
26NY4844

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Moody Dune

Geographic Keywords
Cactus Flat • Clark (County) • Las Vegas, Nevada • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada • Nevada (State / Territory) • Nye (County) • Tonopah Test Range • United States of America (Country)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -115.958; min lat: 35.98 ; max long: -114.458; max lat: 36.918 ;

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