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Blackwater Draw No. 1 - Blackwater Locality No. 1 Site

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Site Typehabitation DescriptionThe deeply stratified type site for the Clovis point and Llano complex, located near Clovis, New Mexico, with evidence of occupation from the earliest paleo-Indian through the archaic period. Clovis points have been found associated with mammoth bones and Folsom points have been found with bison bones. Also found: Agate Basin points, Cody complex points, a Frederick point, and tools of the archaic period. Blackwater Draw is also used to evaluate the chronological sequences at other sites and is the Clovis type site.

Site Name Blackwater Draw No. 1 Alternate Site Name Blackwater Locality No. 1 Site Site Type habitation Description
The deeply stratified type site for the Clovis point and Llano complex, located near Clovis, New Mexico, with evidence of occupation from the earliest paleo-Indian through the archaic period. Clovis points have been…
The deeply stratified type site for the Clovis point and Llano complex, located near Clovis, New Mexico, with evidence of occupation from the earliest paleo-Indian through the archaic period. Clovis points have been found associated with mammoth bones and Folsom points have been found with bison bones. Also found: Agate Basin points, Cody complex points, a Frederick point, and tools of the archaic period. Blackwater Draw is also used to evaluate the chronological sequences at other sites and is the Clovis type site.

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"Site Details - Blackwater Draw No. 1 - Blackwater Locality No. 1 Site, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-29/17-1607. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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Author Kipfer, Barbara Ann
Title Archaeology Wordsmith

Site Information

There are 32 specimens from this Item Group

974.1.4 - burin spall

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeburin spall Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County

974.1.5a - retouched flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeretouched flake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County

974.1.5b - retouched flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeretouched flake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County

974.1.5c - retouched flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeretouched flake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County

974.1.6a - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County

974.1.6b - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County

974.1.6c - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County

974.1.7 - nosed scraper

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typescraper Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County

974.1.8 - exhausted core

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typecore Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County

974.1.9 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County

974.1.1LOT - faunal and lithic specimens

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typevarious sub-categories Place CollectedNorth America: United States, New Mexico, Curry County