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  2. Category:Archaeological sites in Nevada - Wikipedia

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    This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Nevada, in the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

  3. List of museums in Nevada - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Nevada encompasses museums which are defined for this context as physical institutions, (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  4. Category:Archaeological sites on the National Register of ...

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    Pages in category "Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  5. Brownstone Canyon Archaeological District - Wikipedia

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    Brownstone Canyon Archaeological District comprises 2,920 acres (1,180 ha) [1] and is located in the La Madre Mountain Wilderness Area which covers 47,180 acres (19,090 ha) in southern Nevada. [1] The area is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management and includes many petroglyphs .

  6. Lost City Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Lost City Museum shares its location with an actual prehistoric site of the Ancestral Puebloans.The museum was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935 and was operated by the National Park Service to exhibit artifacts from the Pueblo Grande de Nevada archaeological sites, which were going to be partially covered by the waters of Lake Mead as a result of building the Hoover Dam.

  7. Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art - Wikipedia

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    The museum was created under the direction of archaeologist Richard H. Brooks, assistant research professor at the university and a researcher (later director) of the DRI-affiliated Nevada Archaeological Survey. Its exhibits consisted of DRI's local collection of living desert animal specimens and Native American artifacts.

  8. Pueblo Grande de Nevada - Wikipedia

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    The site, also known as Nevada's "Lost City", [2] was founded by Basketmaker people about 300 A.D., and was later occupied by other groups and the Ancestral Pueblo until 1150 A.D. [3] The site also shows signs of human occupation as early as 8000 BC. Some of the houses in the Lost City had up to 20 rooms, with the largest having 100 rooms. [4]

  9. Grimes Point - Wikipedia

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    The Grimes Point site is a part of a much larger archaeological complex, which includes a wide variety of materials, caves, shelters, and other archaeological sites. The site is located on what was once a shoreline of Pleistocene Lake Lahontan and is best known for the cupules, which are small pits dug out of the rock surface and found on ...