Lost City Museum-Archaeology

Lost City Museum or Archaeology can be found at S Moapa Valley Blvd 721. The following is offered: Theater. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Overton there are 1 other Theater. An overview can be found here.

The Moapa Valley has one of the finest collections of ancestral Puebloan artifacts in the American Southwest. Lost City, officially known as Pueblo Grande de Nevada, was a major outpost of the ancient culture. The museum's artifacts include baskets, weapons, a restored Basketmaker pit house, and black-and-white photographs of the 1924 excavation of Lost City. To get to the Lost City Museum from...

In Short
This is a treat for anyone fascinated by the history of the valley's ancient inhabitants. Founded in 1935 with the discovery of Anasazi artifacts and ruins on the site, the...

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History: The Lost City Museum was built by the National Park Service to exhibit artifacts that were being excavated from Pueblo Grande de Nevada. These Anasazi Indian sites were being threatened by the waters of Lake Mead as it backed up behind the newly built Hoover Dam. Eventually, when the lake was filled to capacity, about five miles of sites had been inundated or undercut by the water. The...