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English
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Landuse Reconstruction at the Founding Settlement of Las Vegas, Nevada
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Historical Archaeology
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1997
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31
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no.4
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41-58
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This article identifies and analyzes the interrelationships of several landuse indicators recovered from the Old Mormon Fort site at Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Park. Integrating artifactual, architectural, historical, geoarchaeological, faunal, macrobotanical, and palynological evidence, the authors construct a model of landuse history of Las Vegas from the second quarter of the 19th century to 1905. They conclude that Las Vegas landuse history was always more influenced by socioeconomic factors rather than ecological conditions.