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Archaeological Sites

Spirit Cave
An article in the Mammoth Trumpet about how S.M. and Georgia Wheeler found this early Archaic cave site.

University Programs

Center for Desert Archaeology
A private nonprofit organization, to promote stewardship of archaeological and historical resources in the Greater Southwest through active research, preservation, and public education. Contains Archaeology Southwest.

Nevada Test Site Cultural Resource Program
CRM project with broad-based Native American input, from the SAA Bulletin.

Current Researchers

Charlotte Beck and George T. Jones
Toolstone Selection and Lithic Technology in Early Great Basin Prehistory, Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition in eastern Nevada, from the Journal of Field Archaeology.

Daniel O. Larson
Population Growth, Agricultural Intensification, and Culture Change among the Virgin Branch Anasazi, Nevada, A.C. 100-1150; an abstract from the Journal of Field Archaeology.

Cultural History

 

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