page_title: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
section_title: Native Americans
hierarchical_section_title: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area / History / Native Americans
caption_attribution_description: English: Lomatium parryi. 5 small yellow-green (turn white with age) petals (clustered; compound umbel); 5 sepals or lacking; 5 stamens; 1 pistil; 2 styles; bisexual; flower cluster 0.6” to 1.2” (1.5 to 3 cm) wide; Found in high altidudes of desert scrub. Español: Lomatium parryi 5 verde-amarillo (se convierte blanco con la edad) pétalos pequeñas (racimos; compuesto umbela); 5 sépalos o inexistentes; 5 estambres; 1 pistilo; 2 estilos; bisexuales; racimo de flores 0,6 "a 1,2" (1,5 a 3 cm) de ancho. Encontrado en gran altura de matorrales del desierto. Français&#160;: Lomatium parryi 5 petits jaune-vert (tour blanche avec l'âge) pétales (cluster; composés ombelle); 5 sépales ou défaut; 5 étamines, 1 pistil; 2 styles; bisexuels; fleur cluster 0,6 "à 1,2" (1,5 à 3 cm) de large. Trouvé dans le désert de haute altitude Gommages Species ID verified and confirmed by RRNCA.
context_page_description: The Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, is an area managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of its National Landscape Conservation System, and protected as a National Conservation Area. It is about 15 miles west of Las Vegas, and is easily seen from the Las Vegas Strip. More than two million people visit the area each year.
  The conservation area showcases a set of large red rock formations: a set of sandstone peaks and walls called the Keystone Thrust. The walls are up to 3,000 feet high, making them a popular hiking and rock climbing destination. The highest point is La Madre Mountain, at 8,154 feet.
  A one-way loop road, 13 miles long, provides vehicle access to many of the features in the area. Several side roads and parking areas allow access to many of the area trails. A visitor center is at the start of the loop road. The loop road is also popular for bicycle touring; it begins with a moderate climb, then is mostly downhill or flat.
  Red Rock Canyon is a side-canyon accessible only by an unmaintained primitive road from the scenic loop which mostly only off-road or high clearance vehicles can access.
context_section_description: The first humans were attracted to the Red Rock area due to its resources of water, plant, and animal life that could not be easily found in the surrounding desert. Hunters and gatherers such as the historical Southern Paiute and the much older Archaic, or Desert Culture Native Americans, have successively occupied this area.
  As many as six different Native American cultures may have been present at Red Rock over the millennia. The following chronology is an approximation, from the present to ancient pre-history:
  Southern Paiute- 900 to modern times
  Patayan Culture - 900 to early historic times in the 1800s
  Anasazi - 1 AD to 1150.
  Pinto/Gypsum- (Archaic) 3500 BC to 1 AD.
  San Dieguito - 7000 to 5500 BC.
  Paleo-Indians (Tule Springs)- 11,000 to 8000 BC.
  Numerous petroglyphs, as well as pottery fragments, remain today throughout the area.  In addition, several roasting pits used by the early Native Americans at Red Rock provide further evidence of human activity in the past.
caption: Lomatium parryi, a common plant consumed by early Native Americans
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