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navigation, search   Southern Paiutes at Moapa wearing
traditional Paiute cradleboard and rabbit robe    The
prehistoric landscape of what is now the Las Vegas Valley and
most of Southern Nevada was a marsh of abundant water and
vegetation. Over the course of hundreds of thousands of years,
rivers that were present sank into the ground, and the marsh
receded. The valley evolved into a parched, arid landscape that
only supported the hardiest of animals and plants. At some point
in the valley's geologic history, the water that had been
submerged below the terrain sporadically resurfaced and flowed
into what is now the Colorado River. This helped proliferate
luxurious plant life, creating a wetland oasis in the Mojave
Desert landscape.   Native Americans lived in the Las Vegas
Valley, beginning over 10,000 years ago. Archeologists have
discovered baskets, petroglyphs, pictographs and other evi