The archaeology of drill hole U20bc, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6435111

McLane, A R; Hemphill, M L; Livingston, S J; Pippin, L C; Walsh, L A

Impacts to four sites near drill hole U20bc on Pahute Mesa in the northwestern part of the Nevada Test Site were mitigated through data recovery. The work was done during 1988 by the Desert Research Institute for the Department of Energy, Nevada Field Office (DOE/NV)- The four sites that warranted data recovery were 26NY3171, 26NY3173, 26NY5561 and 26NY5566. These sites had previously been determined eligible to the National Register of Historic Places. They were temporary camps that contained lithic debitage, projectile points, milling stones and pottery, and therefore contributed significant information concerning the prehistory of the area. The study of the archaeological remains shows that the prehistoric people subsisted on plant foods and game animals as determined by the artifacts including manos, metates, pottery, lithic scrapers, and projectile points. The time sensitive arfifacts (pottery and diagnostic points) suggest that the region was used from about 12,000 B.P. to just before the historic period, possibly 150 years ago. DOE/NV has met its obligation to mitigate adverse impacts to the cultural resources at U20bc. Therefore, it is recommended that this project proceed as planned.

• Research Organization: Nevada Univ., Reno, NV (United States). Quaternary Sciences Center
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-90NV10845
• OSTI ID: 6435111
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/10845-T13; ON: DE93015317
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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