Sheep Mountain Range Archeological District
Sheep Mountain Range Archeological District is an archeological site, located in Clark County, Nevada, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site is currently an underwater conservation area.[1]
Sheep Mountain Range Archeological District | |
| Location | restricted |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| MPS | district |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001145 |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1974 |
Archeologist W. Geoffrey Spaulding discovered yucca remains and macrofossils of piñon nuts (Pinus monophylla) at the site in pack rat waste that date between 1990–5210 BP.[2]
Notes
- "Clark County". State of Nevada. 2008-07-31. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- Lyneis 170
References
- Lyneis, Margaret M. "Prehistoric Southern Nevada Study Units."
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