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The New Mexico State Capitol is the seat of government of the U.S. state of New Mexico, located in its capital city of Santa Fe. It houses both chambers of the New Mexico Legislature and the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary of State. The building is one of only eleven state capitols without a dome, and the only ...
Zia people (New Mexico) The Zia / ˈziːə / or Tsʾíiyʾamʾé are an indigenous nation centered at Zia Pueblo (Tsi'ya), a Native American reservation in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The Zia are known for their pottery and use of the sun symbol. They are one of the Keres Pueblo peoples and speak the Eastern Keres language.
Santa Fe (/ ˌ s æ n t ə ˈ f eɪ, ˈ s æ n t ə f eɪ / SAN-tə FAY, - fay; Spanish:) is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Santa Fe County.With over 89,000 residents, [5] Santa Fe is the fourth-most populous city in the state, [6] and part of the Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area, which had a population of 1,162,523 in 2020.
History of New Mexico. The history of New Mexico is based on archaeological evidence, attesting to the varying cultures of humans occupying the area of New Mexico since approximately 9200 BCE, and written records. The earliest peoples had migrated from northern areas of North America after leaving Siberia via the Bering Land Bridge.
Life restoration of a herd of Mammuthus columbi, or Columbian mammoths. The extent of the fur depicted is hypothetical. Charles R. Knight (1909). Life restoration of a herd of Neohipparion. Robert Bruce Horsfall (1913). Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus.
The Rio Grande cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus virginalis virginalis) [2], a member of the family Salmonidae, is found in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in tributaries of the Rio Grande. [3][4] It is one of 9 subspecies [2] of the Rocky Mountain cutthroat trout [2][5][6][7] native to the western United States, and is the state fish of ...
Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Quaternary. The study of prehistoric fish is called paleoichthyology. A few living forms, such as the coelacanth are also referred to as prehistoric fish ...
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site. There are over 21,000 petroglyphs at the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site at Three Rivers, New Mexico, [1] located midway between Tularosa and Carrizozo in Otero County on Highway 54. Many of the petroglyphs can be easily viewed from a trail open to the public which winds through the rocks for about one mile.