Pueblo Grande de Nevada | |
Nevada Historical Marker
No. 41
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| Location | 5 miles SE of Overton |
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| Nearest city | Overton, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 36°30′01″N 114°24′08″W / 36.50028°N 114.40222°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000612 |
| MARKER No. | 41 |
| Added to NRHP | October 8, 1982 |
Pueblo Grande de Nevada, (26 CK 2148), is a complex of villages located near Overton, Nevada, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] [2]
Native American history
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]
Artifacts from the site are housed in the Lost City Museum. [5]
Recent history
In 1827, Jedediah Smith found various artifacts while exploring in the area. [6]
John and Fay Perkins, when they heard that Governor James Scrugham was looking for such sites to develop for tourism in Nevada, brought this site to the public attention. [7]
Mark Raymond Harrington was the first archaeologist to excavate at the site in 1924, by Scrugham's request. [8]
The Lost City Museum (formerly known as the Boulder Dam Park Museum) was built by the National Park Service in 1935 to exhibit artifacts from Pueblo Grande de Nevada. The most developed sections of the pueblo is partially submerged under the Overton arm of Lake Mead, 5 mi south of Overton as a result of building Boulder Dam. [2] [9]
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1982. [10]
Location of other related ruins:
- 36°29′17″N 114°22′46″W / 36.48806°N 114.37944°W [2]
- 36°28′40″N 114°22′32″W / 36.47778°N 114.37556°W [2]
See also
References
- ^ National Register of Historic Places
- ^ a b c d e U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lost City (historical
- ^ "PUEBLO GRANDE DE NEVADA: LOST CITY". Archived from the original on February 3, 2007. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ^ "The Lost City". Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ^ "Moapa Valley Nevada". Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
- ^ "Hoover Dam". Archived from the original on March 21, 2005. Retrieved March 17, 2007.
- ^ "Pueblo Grande De Nevada : Lost City". Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ^ "Part I: The Early Years". Retrieved March 17, 2007.
- ^ "Pueblo Grande De Nevada". Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ^ "Nevada Entries in the National Register of Historic Places". Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2007.
- Native American history of Nevada
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
- Buildings and structures in Clark County, Nevada
- National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Nevada
- Pueblo great houses
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada