Pueblo Grande de Nevada
Pueblo Grande de Nevada Overview
Several hundred ancient pithouses, campsites, rock shelters, salt mines, and caves of ancestral Puebloan people make up what is commonly known as “Lost City.”
Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam, flooded the most intensively developed portion of Lost City.
Category
- Architecture
- Native American
Marker Type
Blue marker
Nevada Historical Marker Number
Pueblo Grande de Nevada is Nevada Historical Marker #41.
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County
GPS Coordinates
36.518001, -114.426315
Nevada Historical Marker Transcription
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 ancestral Puebloan 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 storey adobes having up to 100 rooms.
Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam, flooded the most intensively developed portion of lost city.
STATE HISTORICAL MARKER NO. 41
NEVADA STATE PARK SYSTEM
MOAPA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Pueblo Grande de Nevada