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Availability:In StockContributor:Dena M. SedarTheme:Cultural Region/Western U.S.Publish date:5/14/2012Pages:130
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531663186ISBN-10:1531663184UPC:9781531663186Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.413Product ID:SCRNDB8VNF
Nevada's Lost City was buried under the sands of the Mojave Desert until its existence was reported to Gov. James Scrugham by brothers John and Fay Perkins from Overton, Nevada. Excavations of the archaeological ruins began in 1924, when archaeologist Mark
Raymond Harrington identified the ruins as Ancestral Puebloan (more commonly known as Anasazi), a significant archaeological discovery in Southwestern archaeology. Harrington named the world-famous sites Pueblo Grande de Nevada, but the media dubbed them the Lost City, and the name stuck. Excavation continued into the 1930s, when the National Park Service took over the excavation of the sites using young men employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC boys not only helped to excavate but they also built the Lost City Museum, an institution devoted to highlighting the archaeological wonders of the Lost City.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531663186ISBN-10:1531663184UPC:9781531663186Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.413Product ID:SCRNDB8VNF
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

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