Literature review and ethnohistory of Native American occupancy and use of the Yucca Mountain Region; Yucca Mountain Project, Interim report
- Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI (USA). Inst. for Social Research
This report presents a review of the literature concerning Native American occupancy and use of the Yucca Mountain area and vicinity. It draws on a wide range of material, including early traveler reports, government documents, ethnographic and historical works, and local newspapers. The report complements two other concurrent studies, one focused on the cultural resources of Native American people in the study area and the other an ethnobotanical study of plant resources used by Native American people in the study area. The literature review has had two principal purposes: to determine the completeness of the Yucca Mountain Native American study design and to contribute to the understanding of the presence of Native American people in the Yucca Mountain area. A review of the existing literature about the Yucca Mountain area and southern Nye County, supplemented by the broader literature about the Great Basin, has verified three aspects of the study design. First, the review has aided in assessing the completeness of the list of Native American ethnic groups that have traditional or historical ties to the site. Second, it has aided in the production of a chronology of Native American activities that occurred on or near the site during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Third, it has helped to identify the location of cultural resources, including burials and other archaeological sites, in the study area and vicinity. 200 refs., 16 figs., 6 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NV (United States); Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Inst. for Social Research
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-87NV10576
- OSTI ID:
- 137689
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/10576-21; ON: DE90008156
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jan 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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