Pueblo Grande de Nevada

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name = Pueblo Grande de Nevada
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location = SE of Overton
nearest_city = Overton, Nevada
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added = October 8, 1982
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refnum = 82000612
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governing_body = National Park Service; Bureau of Land Management

Pueblo Grande de Nevada, a complex of villages, is located near Overton, Nevada and are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NV/Clark/state.html National Register of Historic Places] ] The site, also know as "Nevada's "Lost City", was occupied by the Anasazi and other tribes between 100 AD and 1150 AD [ cite web |url=http://www.comnett.net/~kolson/LCM2.html |title= Lost City Museum History |accessdate=2007-03-17 |format= |work= ] . The site also shows signs of human occupation as early as 8,000 BC.

Artifacts from the site are housed in The Lost City Museum. [ cite web |url=http://www.unlv.edu/depts/archaeology/moapa-valley-00.html |title= Moapa Valley Nevada |accessdate=2007-05-09 |format= |work= ]

Recent History

In 1827, Jebediah Smith found various artifacts while exploring in the area. [ cite web |url=http://www.library.unlv.edu/early_las_vegas/hoover_dam/lost_city.html |title= Hoover Dam |accessdate=2007-03-17 |format= |work= ]

Mark Harrington was the first archaeologist to excavate at the site in 1924. [ cite web |url=http://www.1st100.com/part1/harrington.html
title= Part I: The Early Years |accessdate=2007-03-17 |format= |work= ]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1982. [ cite web |url= http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/DOCS/shpo/entries/clark.htm |title= Nevada Entries in the National Register of Historic Places |accessdate=2007-03-17 |format= |work= ]

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