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Kit Carson Board Room 7pm
Monday October 6, 2025
Recent Investigations at Blackwater Draw Locality 1, the Clovis Type-Site, Roosevelt County, New Mexico
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Blackwater Draw Locality 1, the Clovis type-site, was first investigated by professional archaeologists over 90 years ago. Since that time, numerous excavations have been conducted by different institutions, the results of which have shaped our current understandings of past human lifeways in eastern New Mexico. This presentation will review the rich history of archaeological research and excavation at the site since 1929, focusing on results from recent investigations conducted during the summer of 2025.
Brendon P. Asher received his PhD in anthropology from the University of Kansas in 2015 and is the current Director of the Blackwater Draw National Historic Landmark site and Museum in Portales, New Mexico, as well as an Assistant Professor at Eastern New Mexico University. He has nearly 25 years of archaeological field work experience primarily focused throughout the Great Plains and Southwest. His interests include land use studies of prehistoric groups centered around lithic procurement practices, lithic transportation and use, and prehistoric subsistence strategies and butchering practices. As the Director of the Clovis type-site, he is also actively engaged in discussions of the early peopling of the Americas and has excavated at several pre-Clovis sites throughout the Americas.
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An effort is currently underway to build a historical timeline of TAS events and history! We need your help!
The Taos Archaeological Society has operated for 34 years. In that time, many documents have been produced. Unfortunately, TAS does not have a complete record of documents produced and distributed.
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