Archeological resources identified at Great Basin National Park include prehistoric artifact scatters, extensive rock art sites and caves or rock shelters, some with substantial midden deposits. Prehistoric occupation of the park extends from the Paleo?Indian Period (12000 B.C. to 9000 B.C.) through the Great Basin Desert Archaic (9000 B.C. to A.D. 500) and the Fremont (A.D. 500 to 1300) to the Western Shoshone Period (A.D. 1300, to Euro?American cultural expansion.).

Historic resources identified within the park include sites related to early exploration and use, military surveying and, most notably, the development of mining and ranching in the area. Mormon explorers reconnoitered the region in the 1850's and established an agricultural settlement south of Baker in 1855.

The park manages a small museum collection, with a majority of the collections housed at the Western Archeological and Conservation Center in Tucson, Arizona, due to limited space and facilities in the park. A museum management plan was completed in 1998.

Since the park was created there has never been any staff dedicated to preserving and managing the park's cultural resources. Starting December 16th, JoAnn Blalack will join the Resource Management Division as the park's Cultural Resource Program Manager. JoAnn comes to Great Basin after several years as an archeologist at the Western Archeological and Conservation Center. Welcome JoAnn!