Ake Site

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Ake Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city: Datil, New Mexico
Architectural style(s): No Style Listed
Added to NRHP: April 02, 1976
NRHP Reference#: 76001193 [1]
Governing body: Private

The Ake Site is a name for a prehistoric archaeological location near the town of Datil in the San Augustine Basin of Catron County, New Mexico. It was listed on the New Mexico Register of Cultural Properties in 1975, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[2] The Ake Site is particularly important for the age and length of its use by prehistoric peoples. It has been dated during the Clovis period between 10999 BC 8000 BC, and during the Folsom period between 7999BC and 5999 BC, making it among the oldest sites in the American Southwest.[3]

Other sites around Ake are not as old, with the nearby Bat Cave dating from 4999 BC to 1000 BC and nearby pueblos dating from 1000 BC to 1000 AD.[4]

[edit] External links

  • Map illustrating the location of the Ake Site.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Beckett, P.H. (1980) The Ake Site: Collection and Excavation of LA 13423, Catron County, New Mexico. New Mexico State University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Cultural Resources Management Division Report 357.

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ (2005) NM Registered Cultural Properties By County: Catron. New Mexico Historical Preservation Division.
  3. ^ (nd) National Register of Historic Places - Catron County, New Mexico. Retrieved 6/13/07.
  4. ^ (2005) Paleoindian Geoarchaeology and the Archaeological Potential on the Plains of San Augustin, New Mexico. Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona. Retrieved 6/13/07.
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Topics of Catron County, New Mexico
Natural features

Aspen Mountain • Mogollon Mountains • San Francisco River • Whitewater Baldy • Middle Fork Hot Springs • Jordan Hot Springs • Plains of San Agustin • Turkey Creek Hot Springs • Red Hill volcanic field
Protected areas

Catwalk National Recreation Trail • Gila National Forest • Gila Wilderness • Whitewater Canyon National Forest Recreation Area
National Register of Historic
Places listings

Bearwallow Park • Bearwallow Mountain Lookout Cabins and Shed • Black Mountain • Black Mountain Lookout Cabin • Ake Site • El Caso Lake • El Caso Lookout Complex • Bat Cave • Mangas Mountain Lookout Complex • Mogollon Historic District • Socorro Mines Mining Company Mill, Fannie Hill • Mogollon Baldy Lookout Cabin • Red Hill • Mogollon Pueblo • Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary
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