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<< Other Photo Pages >> Alta Toquima Wilderness - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in United States in The West

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Multi-periodSite Name: Alta Toquima Wilderness
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 84.459 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The West Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Tonopah
Latitude: 38.788820N  Longitude: 116.923971W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Alta Toquima Wilderness
Alta Toquima Wilderness submitted by Flickr : Looming 11,949 feet above sea level is the highest known permanent American Indian village in North America, and its tucked away in central Nevada about an hour north of Tonopah. Known as the Alta-Toquima Wilderness, the Western Shoshone occupied this range 7,000 years ago, living off the lush vegetation, streams and big game like the desert bighorn sheep. Interestingly, the largest known populati... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Looming 11,949 feet above sea level is the highest known permanent American Indian village in North America, tucked away in central Nevada about an hour north of Tonopah. Known as the Alta-Toquima Wilderness, the Western Shoshone occupied this range 7,000 years ago, living off the lush vegetation, streams and big game like the desert bighorn sheep.

The largest known population of these sheep is still found at Alta-Toquima, they are so successfully thriving that biologists have placed pairs in different regions of the world, hoping to adapt them to similar high altitude areas.

Thousands of arrowheads, spear points and grinding stones, among other artifacts were excavated from the area. When hiking Mt. Jefferson, Nevada’s 4th tallest summit, take note of the prehistoric hunting blinds that can still be seen on the mesa.
Photo Credit: Sydney Martinez/TravelNevada

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