Members-Only Paleontology Talk: Occasional Paper 2 with Dr. Steve Rowland
Sat, May 30
|Las Vegas Natural History Museum
Members are invited to a special talk with museum paleontologist Dr. Steve Rowland as he shares highlights from Occasional Paper 2, a new study of Ice Age artifacts discovered in the northern Las Vegas Valley that reveal evidence of human interaction with Ice Age animals.
Time & Location
May 30, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Blvd N, Las Vegas, NV 89101, USA
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About the Event
Join us for a members-only presentation with LVSNHM paleontologist Dr. Steve Rowland as he discusses his newly released publication, Occasional Paper 2. In this talk, Dr. Rowland will share the story behind a remarkable collection of Ice Age artifacts and fossils excavated in the 1990s at the Gilcrease Ranch near Floyd Lamb Park—and why this discovery matters for understanding Southern Nevada’s deep past.
Co-authored with archaeologist Dr. Amy Foulks, the paper is the first detailed study of materials that have been curated at the museum for decades but only recently analyzed and described. Unlike earlier excavations in the Las Vegas Valley that did not uncover evidence of human and Ice Age animal interaction, these artifacts provide important clues about how people may have lived alongside—and interacted with—Ice Age wildlife.
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