Folsom Site

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Folsom Site
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)

Nearest city:	Folsom, New Mexico
Designated as NHL:	January 20, 1961^[1]
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	66000473
Governing body:	State

Folsom Site (29CX1), in Folsom, New Mexico, is the archaeological site that is the is the type site for the Folsom Tradition, a Paleo-Indian cultural sequence dating to between 9000 BC and 8000 BC. The Folsom site was excavated in 1926 and found to have been a marsh-side kill site or camp where 23 bison had been killed using distinctive tools, known as Folsom points.

The site was found in about 1908 by George McJunkin, an ex-slave Cowboy who had lived in Texas as a child. The excavation by archaeologists did not occur until 1926.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.^[1]

[edit] See also

Lindenmeier Site, another National Historic Landmark site that was a Folsom culture campsite.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Folsom Site. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).

[edit] External links

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