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Hartley Mammoth Site. / 36.24583°N 106.53333°W / 36.24583; -106.53333. The Hartley Mammoth Site is a pre-Clovis archaeological and paleontological site in New Mexico. Preserving the butchered remains of two Columbian mammoths, small mammals and fish, the site is notable due to its age (~37,500 BP), which is significantly older than ...
The location of the state of New Mexico. Paleontology in New Mexico refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of New Mexico. The fossil record of New Mexico is exceptionally complete and spans almost the entire stratigraphic column. [1] More than 3,300 different kinds of fossil organisms have ...
May 21, 1971. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is a U.S. National Monument created to protect Mogollon cliff dwellings in the Gila Wilderness on the headwaters of the Gila River in southwest New Mexico. The 533-acre (2.16 km 2) national monument was established by President Theodore Roosevelt through executive proclamation on November 16 ...
Folsom site or Wild Horse Arroyo, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 29CX1, is a major archaeological site about 8 miles (13 km) west of Folsom, New Mexico. It is the type site for the Folsom tradition, a Paleo-Indian cultural sequence dating to between 11000 BC and 10000 BC. The Folsom site was excavated in 1926 and found to have been a ...
Coordinates: 36°3′36″N 107°58′12″W. Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway. Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Trail of the Ancients is a New Mexico Scenic Byway to prehistoric archaeological and geological sites of northwestern New Mexico. It provides insight into the lives of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Navajo, Ute, and ...
Fort Union National Monument. April 5, 1956. Las Vegas, NM. Mora. Preserves the second of three forts constructed on the site beginning in 1851; also ruins of the third; visible network of ruts from the old Santa Fe Trail. 6. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
New Mexico population density map. With just 17 people per square mile (6.6 people/km 2), New Mexico is one of the least densely populated states, ranking 45th out of 50; by contrast, the overall population density of the U.S. is 90 people per square mile (35 people/km 2).
Tim Newcomb. August 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM. Hieroglyphic Text Teases Lost Mayan Cityjopstock - Getty Images. An archaeological find in Mexico revealed a stone slab with 123 hieroglyphic symbols that ...