Lovelock Cave

A Late Archaic site in the Humbolt Lake region of west-central Nevada, occupied as early as 7000 BC. Located near a desert marsh, it has yielded details of prehistoric desert adaptations over a long period. A dating scheme covering the period 2500 BC-500 AD has been developed. The pits and artifacts indicate that the site was a cache or storage place rather than a living community.

Late Archaic site in the Humbolt Lake region of west-central Nevada, USA, for which a dating scheme covering the period 2500 be to ad 500 has been developed. 40 pits containing a total of over 20,000 artefacts indicate that this site was a cache or storage place rather than a living community. Evidence in the form of tule duck decoys, fish bones and marsh-plant seeds imply a culture routinely exploiting a lacustrine environment.