Anderson Basin, NM

  • Also Known As: Blackwater Draw also Clovis Site and Anderson Basin

  • Address: NM 467
  • Vicinity: Blackwater Draw No 1 is just N of Oasis State Park
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

Blackwater Draw National Landmark is defined as a 640 acre landscape of human activity areas in an upland containing a spring-fed Pleistocene Lake. Not only is there the expected panoply of stone tools and projectile points, but outstanding bone preservation gives a glimpse of the more perishable possessions of the inhabitants. Many species of extinct fauna are found in cultural levels, as are implements made from stone, bone and ivory by the region's first inhabitants. As a major water source in the area, this locality was used throughout the entirety of prehistory and well into historic times, leaving an archaeological palimpsest of occupations and cultural activities. The Paleoindian occupation of the site is by far the most extensive with thousands of tools littering the landscape amidst an enormous number of megafauna and smaller animal kills. - Eastern New Mexico University


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Particulars for Anderson Basin, NM:
Historic Use Animal facility
Cultural Affiliation Clovis
Cultural Affiliation Folsom
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Information Potential
Level of Significance National
Area of Significance Prehistoric
Owner Private
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Anderson Basin
Registry Address: Address Restricted
Registry Number: 66000483
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private, State
Area in Acres: 3200
Contributing Sites: 2
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Applicable Criteria: Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Clovis, Folsom
Period of Significance: 5000-6999 BC, 7000-8999 BC, 9000-10999 BC
Historic Function: Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Animal facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Museum Agricultural outbuildings

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