Pueblo Grande de Nevada, (26 K 2148), a complex of villages located near Overton

Overton, Nevada

Overton is an Unincorporated Town located in Clark County, Nevada. The town is on the north end of Lake Mead. The town is home to Perkins Field airport and Echo Bay Airport....

, Nevada

Nevada

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 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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Native american History

The site, also known as Nevada's "Lost City", was occupied by the Anasazi and other groups between 100 and 1150. The site also shows signs of human occupation as early as 8000 BC.

Artifacts from the site are housed in the Lost City Museum

Lost City Museum

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...

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Recent history

In 1827, Jedediah Smith

Jedediah Smith

Jedediah Strong Smith was a hunter, trapper, fur trader, trailblazer, author, cartographer, cattleman, and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the American West Coast and the Southwest during the 19th century...

 found various artifacts while exploring in the area.

Mark Raymond Harrington

Mark Raymond Harrington

Mark Raymond Harrington was curator of archaeology at the Southwest Museum 1928-1964 and discoverer of ancient Pueblo structures near Overton, Nevada and Little Lake, California.-Early life:...

 was the first archaeologist to excavate at the site in 1924.

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1982.

See also

• List of dwellings of Pueblo peoples
• Category: Native American history of Nevada
• Puebloan peoples