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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1908/09/00 While fixing a fence at the Crowfoot Ranch, George McJunkin, discovers a distinctive spear point, now called a Folsom point, near bones of several giant extinct Bison. Folsom Projectile Points

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Particulars for Folsom Site:
Historic Use Animal facility
Animal Genus Bison
Extinct Animal Bison Antiquus
Criteria Exemplar
Cultural Affiliation Folsom Period
Criteria Information Potential
Age Late Pleistocene
Level of Significance National
Area of Significance Prehistoric
Area of Significance Science
Sight Category Site
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Folsom Site
Registry Address: Address Restricted
Registry Number: 66000473
Resource Type: Site
Owner: State
Area in Acres: 10
Contributing Sites: 1
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, Science
Applicable Criteria: Event, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Folsom
Period of Significance: 7000-8999 BC
Historic Function: Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Animal facility
Current Function: Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Agricultural fields

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