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Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierSite Name: Blackwater Draw Alternative Name: Blackwater Locality #1, 29RV2, LA3324, Blackwater Draw Museum, National Historic LandmarkCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 149.717 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Portales, NM
Latitude: 34.277150N Longitude: 103.32205W
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Blackwater Draw is an intermittent stream channel about 140 km (87 mi) long, with headwaters in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, about 18 km (11 mi) southwest of Clovis, and flows southeastward toward the city of Lubbock, Texas. Blackwater Locality No. 1 is an important archaeological site that was first recognized in 1929 by Ridgley Whiteman - the type-site of the Clovis culture. The first large-scale excavation occurred in 1932, though local residents had been collecting bone and lithic materials for decades.
In the 1960s Frank J. Brolio excavated a camp site just to the northwest of the main site, known colloquially as "Franks Folsom Site".[10] Finds included an especially large chert bi-face. In this period (1952 to 1970) Blackwater Draw was being commercially mined for gravel with a number of mammoth and bison kill stations being uncovered.[11]
In another part of Blackwater draw known as the Mitchell Locality a large Folsom period campsite was excavated in the 1980s. A number of lithics were recovered including some with bison and pronghorn blood residue.
Evidence of "fluted" points, spearheads now known as Clovis points (a New World invention) and other stone and bone weapons, tools, and processing implements were found at the archaeological site. The Clovis points were lanceolate and often, though not always, longer than Folsom points.
Blackwater Draw Museum
The original Blackwater Draw Museum displays artifacts uncovered at the Blackwater Locality No. 1 site. The artifacts and displays illustrated life at the site during the Clovis period (over 13,000 years ago) through the recent historic period. In 2017, the museum moved onto the Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) campus, and expanded its focus to incorporate local history, as well as archaeology on a broad scale.
Exhibits now include descriptions of archaeological work, different archaeological sites, cultural complexes, and scientific methods, among other topics. Visitors can learn more information about Blackwater Draw, archaeology, and see materials from the greater Southwest obtained from private collections. Currently, the Miles Collection displays Southwestern pottery, basketry, and textiles.
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Eastern New Mexico University
Directions: From Portales, NM via NM-467 N, 7.1 mi.
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