TY - JOUR
T1 - THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF PUEBLO GRANDE DE NEVADA
T2 - PAST AND CURRENT RESEARCH WITHIN NEVADA’S “LOST CITY”
AU - Harry, Karen G.
AU - Watson, James T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The data contained in this report were collected during an archival and field research project funded by the National Park Service under the Great Basin Cooperative Agreement no. H8R0701001. We would like to thank Steve Daron of the National Park Service for conceiving of and funding this project, and Linda Scott-Cummings for conducting the botanical analyses reported upon here. We would also like to thank Jim Allison and an anonymous reviewer for their very helpful comments on the draft manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2010, © 2010 Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society.
PY - 2010/6/1
Y1 - 2010/6/1
N2 - Pueblo Grande de Nevada, more popularly known as “Lost City,” refers to a loosely defined series of archaeological sites in the Moapa Valley of southern Nevada. Excavated between the years of 1924 and 1941, these sites were to have a major impact on early-twentieth-century Southwestern archaeology. Despite the excitement that surrounded these finds at the time of their discovery, their legacy has largely been forgotten today. We argue one reason for this oversight is that the data obtained by the original researchers are inadequate for addressing the questions being asked of the region today. In particular, because plant and animal remains were not systematically recovered by the original researchers, the early fieldwork has provided only a broad sketch of the subsistence activities practiced in the region. To remedy these shortcomings, in 2006 archaeologists from the University of Nevada Las Vegas conducted additional excavations at House 20, a roomblock located within one of the so-called Lost City sites. In this paper, the history of the Lost City fieldwork is reviewed and results from our 2006 excavations are presented. The newly obtained data suggest that the inhabitants of House 20 were heavily invested in agriculture and utilized wild resources that could be obtained in the immediate vicinity.
AB - Pueblo Grande de Nevada, more popularly known as “Lost City,” refers to a loosely defined series of archaeological sites in the Moapa Valley of southern Nevada. Excavated between the years of 1924 and 1941, these sites were to have a major impact on early-twentieth-century Southwestern archaeology. Despite the excitement that surrounded these finds at the time of their discovery, their legacy has largely been forgotten today. We argue one reason for this oversight is that the data obtained by the original researchers are inadequate for addressing the questions being asked of the region today. In particular, because plant and animal remains were not systematically recovered by the original researchers, the early fieldwork has provided only a broad sketch of the subsistence activities practiced in the region. To remedy these shortcomings, in 2006 archaeologists from the University of Nevada Las Vegas conducted additional excavations at House 20, a roomblock located within one of the so-called Lost City sites. In this paper, the history of the Lost City fieldwork is reviewed and results from our 2006 excavations are presented. The newly obtained data suggest that the inhabitants of House 20 were heavily invested in agriculture and utilized wild resources that could be obtained in the immediate vicinity.
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U2 - 10.1179/kiv.2010.75.4.001
DO - 10.1179/kiv.2010.75.4.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84899492812
SN - 0023-1940
VL - 75
SP - 403
EP - 424
JO - KIVA
JF - KIVA
IS - 4
ER -