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Lagomarsino petroglyph site story county nevada
The Lagomarsino Petroglyph Site (26ST1), located in Storey County, Nevada near Virginia City, is a 65-acre (26 ha) archeological site of petroglyphs. It was listed for its potential to yield information in the future, and includes one contributing site with approximately 600 items.
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The National Register does not disclose its location; it is listed as Address Restricted.
vir 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; anthropologist Julian Steward used them in his 1929 work Petroglyphs of California and Adjoining States. It was more systematically documented in 1958.
Ongoing vandalism
Vandalism has been ongoing at the site for decades or more, and evidence of it is obvious everywhere. There are many fairly recent names, initials, crude drawings, and similar on or near the petroglyphs of the site.