Sunshine Locality
Nearest cityEly, Nevada
Area34,500 acres (14,000 ha)
NRHP reference No.78001731[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1978

Sunshine Locality is a 345,000-acre (140,000 ha) archeological site listed on the National Register of Historic Places is located in Long Valley, Nevada, United States.[2][3] The Nevada State Museum, the Desert Research Institute have played a leadership role in the excavations at the site.

History

The site was listed on the historic register in 1978 and was classified as a camp.[4]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Sunshine Locality". The Online Nevada Encyclopedia. March 20, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
  3. Huckleberry, Gary; Beck, Charlotte; Jones, George T.; Holmes, Amy; Cannon, Michael; Livingston, Stephanie; Broughton, Jack M. (2001). "Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene Environmental Change at the Sunshine Locality, North-Central Nevada, U.S.A.". Quaternary Research. 55 (3): 303–312. Bibcode:2001QuRes..55..303H. doi:10.1006/qres.2001.2217. S2CID 128985260.
  4. "NEVADA - White Pine County - Historic Districts". www.nationalregisterofhistoricalplaces.com. Retrieved June 3, 2009.

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