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.
Native American history
The site, also known as ''Nevada's "Lost City"'',
was founded by
Basketmaker people about 300 A.D., and was later occupied by other groups and the
Ancestral Pueblo until 1150 A.D. 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.
Artifacts from the site are housed in the
Lost City Museum
The Lost City Museum, formerly known as the Boulder Dam Park Museum, is located in Overton, Nevada and is one of seven managed by the Nevada Division of Museums and History, an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
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Recent history
In 1827,
Jedediah Smith found various artifacts while exploring in the area.
John and Fay Perkins, when they heard that Governor
James Scrugham
James Graves Scrugham (January 19, 1880 – June 23, 1945) was an American politician. He was a Representative, a Senator, and the 14th Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Biography
Scrugham was born i ...
was looking for such sites to develop for tourism in Nevada, brought this site to the public attention.
Mark Raymond Harrington
Mark Raymond Harrington (July 6, 1882 – June 30, 1971) was curator of archaeology at the Southwest Museum from 1928 to 1964 and discoverer of ancient Pueblo structures near Overton, Nevada and Little Lake, California.
Early life
Harrington kn ...
was the first
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
to excavate at the site in 1924, by Scrugham's request.
The
Lost City Museum
The Lost City Museum, formerly known as the Boulder Dam Park Museum, is located in Overton, Nevada and is one of seven managed by the Nevada Division of Museums and History, an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
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(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 #REDIRECT Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression a ...
.
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1982.
Location of other related ruins:
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See also
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List of dwellings of Pueblo peoples
Hundreds of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings are found across the American Southwest. With almost all constructed well before , these Puebloan towns and villages are located throughout the geography of the Southwest.
Many of these dwellings inc ...
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Native American history of Nevada
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Puebloan peoples
References
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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