Blackwater Draw

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. The Blackwater Draw Museum exhibits 12,000-year-old artifacts from the area's archaeological sites.

Deeply stratified site in eastern New Mexico, USA, with evidence of occupation from earliest Paleo-Indian through Archaic times. Stratigraphic evidence has established unequivocally that the Llano culture was earlier than Folsom, and showed a clear association between Clovis projectile points and mammoth kills. Blackwater Draw is the type site for Clovis, and has also become a major yardstick for evaluating chronological sequences at other sites.