Grimes Point - Nevada
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N 39° 24.078 W 118° 38.832
11S E 358171 N 4362605
Grimes Point is one of the oldest known petroglyph sites in Nevada. It contains over 150 basalt boulders bearing pecked designs, some of which are at least 8,000 years old.
Waymark Code: WMVJMQ
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2017
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The Grimes Point area was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Feb. 23, 1972. The area includes the Grimes Point petroglyphs and an area to the east which includes several rock shelters and caves.
The Grimes Point petroglyphs largely comprise striking abstract designs of types distinctive to the Great Basin culture area. It is likely that the petroglyphs were made and used over thousands of years as people revisited the area for harvesting the natural resources of this relatively rich environment. The Grimes Point petroglyphs probably had many cultural meanings to its makers and users. Archaeologists speculate that petroglyphs may have been made to record important religious beliefs, to mark culturally meaningful places, to mark a group’s territory, or to ensure economic success. (
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The best known cave in the area is Hidden Cave which has been excavated multiple times. The excavations found thousand of artifacts which show that the cave was used as a storage site. (
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