Tule Springs Archaeological Site

Tule Springs Archeological Site
Nearest cityLas Vegas, Nevada
NRHP reference No.79001461
 No.86
Added to NRHPApril 20, 1979

Tule Springs Archaeological Site is an archeological site listed on the National Register of Historic Places that is located in the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada, United States. It is one of a few sites in the United States where humans were once thought to have lived alongside, and potentially hunted, extinct Ice Age megafauna,[1] although this view is not supported by the available scientific data and is no longer generally accepted.[2][3][4]

The archeological site is marked as Nevada Historical Marker 86[5] and is located within the Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs which is operated by the City of Las Vegas.

  1. ^ "Tule Springs". Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  2. ^ Shutler, R. Jr. (1967). Archaeology of Tule Springs. In Pleistocene Studies in Southern Nevada (ed. H.M. Wormington and D. Ellis). Carson City: Nevada State Museum. pp. 298–303.
  3. ^ Springer, K., J.C. Sagebiel, C.R. Manker, E. Scott (2008). "Paleontologic investigation and geologic mapping of the Rancholabrean age Las Vegas Formation, Las Vegas, Nevada". Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section (104 Annual) and Rocky Mountain Section (60 Annual) Joint Meeting, Abstracts with Programs.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Scott, E. (2010). "Extinctions, scenarios, and assumptions: Changes in latest Pleistocene large herbivore abundance and distribution in western North America". Quat. Int. 217 (1–2): 225–239. Bibcode:2010QuInt.217..225S. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.003.
  5. ^ Nevada Historical Marker 86 Archived 2006-09-29 at the Wayback Machine