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Sandia Cave, also called the Sandia Man Cave, is an archaeological site near Bernalillo, New Mexico, within Cibola National Forest. First discovered and excavated in the 1930s, the site exhibits purported evidence of human use from 9,000 to 11,000 years ago.
Frank Cumming Hibben (December 5, 1910 – June 11, 2002) was a well-known archaeologist whose research focused on the U.S. Southwest. As a professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and writer of popular books and articles, he inspired many people to study archaeology. He was also controversial, being suspected of scientific fraud during ...
Sandia Cave Early snow on the Sandias, October 28, 2009. The Sandias contain a location notable for prehistoric archaeology: the Sandia Cave was believed by some in the 1930s to the 1950s [15] to have been inhabited 10000 to 12000 years ago by the "Sandia Man," a cultural classification that is no longer used. [16]
Haynes "revolutionized the fields of geoarchaeology and archaeological geology." [1] He is known for unearthing and studying artifacts of Paleo-Indians including ones from Sandia Cave in the 1960s, work which helped to establish the timeline of human migration through North America. Haynes coined the term "black mat" for a layer of 10,000-year ...
The park has archaeological evidence of Ancestral Puebloan sites and the Ute culture. The route turns northerly, passing Ute Mountain and Yucca House National Monument, an unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan site. Mesa Verde National Park - Cliff Palace. The route continues along U.S. Routes 160 / 491 to Cortez, the county seat of Montezuma County.
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A. Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico(1 C, 42 P) C. Chaco Canyon(1 C, 44 P) P. Petroglyphs in New Mexico(5 P) Pages in category "Archaeological sites in New Mexico". The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total.
Los Lunas Decalogue Stone in situ in 1997. The Los Lunas Decalogue Stone is a hoax associated with a large boulder on the side of Hidden Mountain, near Los Lunas, New Mexico, about 35 miles (56 km) south of Albuquerque, that bears a nine-line inscription carved into a flat panel. [1] The stone is also known as the Los Lunas Mystery Stone or ...
The Sandia Formation is mostly shale with some sandstone and conglomerate but only minor limestone beds, with the coarser sediments towards its base. Variations in thickness indicate deposition on an eroded Precambrian surface. [1] The formation reaches its maximum thickness of 1,530 meters (5,020 feet) in the northern Sangre de Cristo ...