A Synthesis of Archaeological Inventories in the Mancamp Zone Nevada Test & Training Range, Nevada

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Keith Myhrer

Year: 2009

Summary

Inventory reports for construction of support facilities for lodging for 5,000 Stealth mission-related project workers and for associated rights-of-way between the habitation compound, called Mancamp, and the Area 10 Operations Center, a total of 375 acres, surveyed from 1983 to 1988, were authorized for release in 2009. The Area of Potential Effect is referenced as the Mancamp Zone. Seventeen sites, all lithic scatters, were recorded. No diagnostics were found. Tcwelve were small sites not recommended for further review. Four sites, larger in size and possessing tools and petrified wood artifacts, were recommended for avoidance. The four sites would not be considered eligible under current standards.

INCLUDES SITE INVENTORY FORMS

Cite this Record

A Synthesis of Archaeological Inventories in the Mancamp Zone Nevada Test & Training Range, Nevada. Keith Myhrer. 2009 ( tDAR id: 456221) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8456221

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Keywords

Material
Chipped Stone

Site Name
26NY4844 • 26NY5097 • 26NY5724 • 26NY5729 • 26NY5730

Site Type
Lithic Scatter • Quarry

Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking

General
Mancamp

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

Spatial Coverage

min long: -117.728; min lat: 36.054 ; max long: -114.082; max lat: 38.36 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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