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Grimes Point, in Churchill County, Nevada near Fallon, is a 720-acre (290 ha) archeological site that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It was listed for its potential to yield future information. [1] Along the 'Grimes Point Trail', many petroglyphs can be seen.
Lovelock Cave (NV-Ch-18) is a North American archaeological site previously known as Sunset Guano Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Loud Site 18. The cave is about 150 feet (46 m) long and 35 feet (11 m) wide. [1]
The skull of the ground sloth Nothrotheriops shastensis Sinclair was found in Room 3 by the archaeologist Bertha Parker, who was Harrington's niece and served as expedition secretary. [8] Excavators also found the dung, backbone, claws and reddish-brown hair of the now-extinct ground sloth (these and other bones from the cave are held by the ...
Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (/ ə ˌ v iː k w ə ˈ ɑː m eɪ / ə-VEE kwə AH-may; [1] [2] Mojave: ʔaviː kʷaʔame, "highest mountain", from ʔaviː, "mountain, rock", and ʔamay, "up, above") [3] [4] is a national monument that protects approximately 506,000 acres (2,050 km 2) of the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada.
Gatecliff Rockshelter (26NY301) is a major archaeological site in the Great Basin area of the western United States that provides remarkable stratigraphy; it has been called the "deepest archaeological rock shelter in the Americas". [2]
Genoa (/ dʒ ə ˈ n oʊ. ə / jə-NOH-ə) [4] is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. [5] Founded in 1851, [6] it was the first settlement in what became the Nevada Territory (1861-1864). It is situated within Carson River Valley and is approximately 42 miles (68 km) south of Reno. [7]
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Gold Butte National Monument, southeastern Nevada. The monument consists of 296,937 acres (120,166 ha). [1] The Gold Butte National Monument fills a gap between Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, creating a continuous swath of conserved land and establishing a wildlife corridor. [2]