Last Supper Cave

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Last Supper Cave
Nearest city Denio, Nevada
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No. 75001111 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1975

The Last Supper Cave, near Denio, Nevada, United States, is an archeological site that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was listed on the National Register in 1975, for its potential to yield information in the future. [1]

Archeologists found that it had "evidence of substantial Paleoindian occupations including 44 Paleoindian points". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Smith, Geoffrey M.; Kielhofer, Jennifer (2011). "Through the High Rock and Beyond: Placing the Last Supper Cave and Parman Paleoindian Lithic Assemblages into a Regional Context" (PDF). 38. Journal of Archaeological Science: 3568–3576. Retrieved June 19, 2016.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)