Type locality of the Clovis culture (Blackwater Locality No. 1 / Anderson Basin)—stratified Late Pleistocene spring deposits where fluted Clovis points were found with mammoth and other megafauna. Eastern New Mexico University manages the National Historic Landmark excavations and a public interpretive trail/museum complex between Clovis and Portales on the Llano Estacado.
Field facts
| Region | Roosevelt County, NM |
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| Coordinates | 34.2779, -103.3246 |
| Significance | Clovis culture type-site; NHL 1961 |
| Age | Clovis layers ~11,000+ radiocarbon years BP |
| Managing org | Eastern New Mexico University (Department of Anthropology) |
| Landscape | Llano Estacado spring/basin locality |
| Also known as | Anderson Basin / Blackwater Locality No. 1 |
| Visitor facilities | Site trail + ENMU Blackwater Draw Museum (Portales campus exhibits) |
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