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revie wj<i> urinal .com — News: After 50 years, Tule Springs still fascinates Page 1 of 3 1 Recent Editions SAVE THIS g | ^ EMAIL THIS g fSi PRINT THIS g W MOST POPULAR g fS RSS FEEDS >> C o m p le te A rc h iv e Monday, May 16, 2005 >> S e a rc h tlie s ite Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal NEWS Today!1!'H eadlines 1 A f t e r 5 0 y e a r s , T u le S p r in g s s t ill f a s c in a t e s • Obituaries • Nevada Legislature • Municipal Elections 2005 • Las Vegas Housing Market • LasVegasCentennial • Judging the Judges • Yucca Mountain • Operation Iraqi Freedom • Opinion Polls • E-briefing CH ANNEL DIRECTORY ? A r t s & Entertain^^ p Auto Guide P Books ? Casinos & p Community p Coupons P E-forums p Employment ? Food & Pining P Fun & Games Archaeologist saw site in 1955, came back for 'big dig1 By KEITH ROGERS REVIEW-JOURNAL UNLV professor Steve Rowland, center, describes soil layers Friday in Trench K at Tule Springs to Shadow Ridge High School students while earth science teacher John Teran, right, listens. Photo by Jane Kaiinow sky. Fifty years ago, 27-year-old archaeologist Charley Rozaire had high hopes he would find clues aroui charcoal deposits at Tule Springs that could be linked to the earliest humans in North America. First thought to be evidence of fire pits or hearth the charcoal smudges that dotted cross sections along the upper Las Vegas Wash in the valley's north end were near the area where giant anima — camels, horses, lions, bison, bears, sloths and mammoths — roamed what is now Southern Nevada 11,000 to 40,000 years ago. "We were literally scratching the surface," Rozair& 77, told students and scientists Friday at the Geoscience Sum m it at Shadow Ridge High Schoc a 10-minute walk from Tule Springs. The site, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is in Floyd Lamb State Park, 10 miles northwest of Las Vegas. P Health & Fitness P Home & Garden ? Legal Center ? Money ? Obituaries P Photo & Page Store P Persgnals P Rea l Esta te P Recreation P Relocation P Shopping P Technology P Traffic & Tra nsportat ion Mammoth tooth fossils from GilCrease Ranch sit on display Friday at Tule Springs, site of the 1962 "big dig." The teeth are used for research by Shadow Ridge students. Photo by Jane Kaiinowsky. The school's earth sciences program is funded b> $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and $40,000 in matching funds from Nevada Power Co. It allows students to continue research at Tule Springs through hands-on activities and a special curriculum that serves as a model for the Clark County School District, according to Paul Buck of the Desert Research Institute and Steve Rowland of UNLV, summit co-sponsors. "Tule Springs is our La Brea tar pits," Rowland said, referring to the Los Angeles site of one of th e richest finds of extinct animal fossils. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_homc/2005/May-16-Mon-2005/news/265177… 7/13/2005