United States historic place
| Sheep Mountain Range Archeological District | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. Historic district | |
| Location | restricted |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| MPS | district |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001145 |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1974 |
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.
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.
See also
Notes
- "Clark County". State of Nevada. July 31, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
- Lyneis 170
References
- Lyneis, Margaret M. "Prehistoric Southern Nevada Study Units."