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 Pueblo Grande de Nevada Posted by:  JacobBarlow
N 36° 31.080 W 114° 25.581
11S E 730453 N 4044485
Nevada Historical Marker 41 . . . Located on State Route 169 two miles south of Overton, Nevada.
Waymark Code: WM2VZT
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2007
Views: 74
Marker Title (required): Pueblo Grande de Nevada
Marker Number (If official State Marker from NV SHPO website above, otherwise leave blank): 41
Marker Text (required):
Indians of a highly developed civilization lived throughout Moapa Valley from 300-1100 A.D. Several hundred ancient pithouses, campsites, rockshelters, salt mines and caves of Anasazi people make up what is commonly known as "Lost City." These people cultivated corn, beans and squash in fields irrigated by river water. They also gathered wild seeds and fruits and hunted widely for deer, antelope, desert bighorn sheep, small mammals and birds. They wove fine cotton cloth, fired beautifully painted and textured pottery and mined and traded salt and turquoise to coastal tribes for seashells. Early dwellings were circular pithouses below ground; later dwellings above ground were single-story adobes having up to 100 rooms.
Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam, flooded the most intensively developed portion of Lost City.
County (required): Clark (Las Vegas)
Marker Type (required): Full Size (with blue painted mesh)
Is Marker Damaged? (required): No
URL - Website (optional): [Web Link]
Other Marker Type (optional): Not listed
Other Damage Type (optional): Not listed
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