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Archaeology of the San Augustin Plains, a Preliminary Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Wesley R. Hurt Jr.  and
Daniel McKnight
Wesley R. Hurt Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of MichiganAnn ArborMichigan
Daniel McKnight
Affiliation:
AlbuquerqueNew Mexico
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The San Augustin Plains of south central New Mexico contain several pluvial lake basins, on the terraces of which are numerous blowout sites with remains of Early Man. The major portion of the Plains lies to the south of U.S. Highway 60, between Magdalena and Datil, New Mexico. This is the area of the basin of extinct Lake San Augustin. The small portion of the Plains to the north of the highway contains the basins of White Lake and North Lake. The Plains consist of a large basin some 60 miles long from northeast to southwest, varying in width from 20 miles at the northeast end to about 6 miles at the southwest. On three sides of the Plains are a series of mountain ranges, while on the west are the ranges that form the continental divide (Fig. 41).

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American Antiquity , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , January 1949 , pp. 172 - 194
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1949

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