Sheep Mountain Range Archeological District is an
archeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and ...
, located in
Clark County, Nevada, and listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
. The site is currently an underwater conservation area.
Archeologist
W. Geoffrey Spaulding discovered
yucca
''Yucca'' is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Its 40–50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flo ...
remains and
macrofossils of
piñon nuts (''
Pinus monophylla'') at the site in
pack rat
A pack rat or packrat, also called a woodrat or trade rat, are any species in the North and Central American rodent genus ''Neotoma''. Pack rats have a rat-like appearance, with long tails, large ears, and large, black eyes. Pack rats are notice ...
waste that date between 1990–5210
BP.
[Lyneis 170]
See also
*
Clovis culture
*
Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
The Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin are Native Americans of the northern Great Basin, Snake River Plain, and upper Colorado River basin. The "Great Basin" is a cultural classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas and a cultural ...
Notes
References
* Lyneis, Margaret M
"Prehistoric Southern Nevada Study Units."
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Native American history of Nevada
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Nevada
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada