Tosawihi Quarries Archaeological Investigations by Intermountain Research

Summary

Datasets and associated documents from surveys and excavations made by Intermountain Research (Silver City, Nevada) at the Tosawihi Quarries, Elko County, Nevada between 1985 and 1993. Materials in this tDAR project include databases from lithic analyses conducted for specific project and compiled to look at stone tool production across the area.

Cite this Record

Tosawihi Quarries Archaeological Investigations by Intermountain Research. ( tDAR id: 375984) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8Z89DSH

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • PaleoIndian

Material
Chipped Stone

Site Name
26EK3032 • 26EK6664 • CRNV-11-10319 • Tosawihi Quarries • Tosawihi Quarries Archaeological District

Site Type
Quarry

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Biface Manufacture • Great Basin Prehistory • Lithic Quarry • Nevada • Opalite • Toolstone source • Tosawihi Chert • Tosawihi Quarry

Geographic Keywords
Elko (County) • Great Basin • Nevada

Temporal Keywords
Gatecliff • PaleoIndian • Rosegate • Shoshonean

Spatial Coverage

min long: -116.63; min lat: 41.101 ; max long: -116.511; max lat: 41.168 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): William Bloomer; Michael Drews; Cashion Callaway

Lab Director(s): Kathryn Ataman; Eric Ingbar

Principal Investigator(s): Robert Elston

Record Identifiers

Bureau of Land Management(s): 1-1124(P); 1-1101(P); 1-1362(P); 1-1207(P); 1-1181(P); 1-1161(P); 1-1845(P); 1-1641(P); 1-1467(P); 1-1461(P)

Source Collections

Special Collections Keck Library, University of Nevada, Reno

Nevada State Museum, Carson City

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