Dig Into the Collection of Site Records
The handful of sites discussed on the Notable Sites page exemplify the many different people, behaviors, cultures and time-periods represented in southeast New Mexico. However, there are thousands of other archaeological sites on the landscape that also represent past people and their behavior in southeast New Mexico.
Use this page to learn about some of these lesser known sites and what they can tell us about life in the past.
LA 99437
This hunting camp was a popular locale for nomadic peoples. Throughout the formative period visitors used this ridge-top spot to scope out the animals moving across the landscape, and to…
LA 169204
Ancestral nomads stopped periodically at LA 169204 to rest along their hunting route. Multiple fires around the site suggest that hunters used this spot on separate occasions, possibly returning to…
LA 164284
Rockshelters nestled in the Guadalupe Mountains are often decorated with painted images from thousands of years ago. This region played an integral role in the lives of ancestral peoples, as…
Ruby Canyon
For thousands of years ancestral peoples painted their stories in nature, sometimes using the same canvas again and again. Ruby’s Canyon rock shelters are home to a variety of pictographs…
Boyd’s Cave
Groups of late archaic ancestors likely visited Boyd’s cave for different reasons. The nearly hidden cave acted as a shelter and place to process and cook foods, both inside and…
Walt Canyon
This slight rocky overhang may be unassuming on the landscape just west of the Pecos River Valley, but upon closer inspection this sandstone site becomes a painted canvas. Pictographs decorate…