National Register of Historic Places

Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site

Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada
Listed
March 23, 1978
Type
Site
Period
Pre Contact
Ref No.
78001728

About this property

The Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site (26ST1) is a 65-acre (26 ha) archeological site of petroglyphs, located in Storey County, Nevada near Virginia City. It was listed for its potential to yield information in the future and includes one contributing site with approximately 2000 items. A 2012 Nevada Rock Art Foundation publication documents the location and describes its history. Rock art in Langomarsino Canyon, in the Virginia Range of Nevada, is in a south-facing 1,706 feet (520 m) section of a basalt cliff and talus below, at the location of a small perennial spring and campsite. The first archeological photographs were taken in 1904 by a John Reid, of Reno, Nevada and anthropologist Julian Steward used them in his 1929 work Petroglyphs of California and Adjoining States. It was more systematically documented in 1958.

Location

Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada

Categories

PREHISTORICART
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Questions about this property

When was Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site listed on the National Register?

Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 23, 1978.

What type of historic resource is Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site?

Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site?

The period of significance for Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site is recorded as the pre_contact era.

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