Ake Site

Infobox_nrhp | name =Ake Site
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nearest_city= Datil, New Mexico
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architecture= No Style Listed
added = April 02, 1976
governing_body = Private
refnum=76001193 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

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. [ (2005) [http://www.nmhistoricpreservation.org/documents/22.DOCUMENT.pdf NM Registered Cultural Properties By County: Catron] . New Mexico Historical Preservation Division.] 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. [(nd) [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NM/Catron/state.html National Register of Historic Places - Catron County, New Mexico] . Retrieved 6/13/07.]

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. [(2005) [http://www.argonaut.arizona.edu/projects/sanaugustin.htm Paleoindian Geoarchaeology and the Archaeological Potential on the Plains of San Augustin, New Mexico.] Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona. Retrieved 6/13/07.]

External links

* [http://www.argonaut.arizona.edu/projects/vlamapcores.jpgMap] illustrating the location of the Ake Site.

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.

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