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Naco Mammoth-Kill Site
The Naco Mammoth Kill Site is an archaeological site in southeast Arizona, 1 mile northwest of Naco in Cochise County. The site was reported to the Arizona State Museum in September 1951 by Marc Navarrete, a local resident, after his father found two Clovis points in Greenbush Draw (eroded by the Greenbush Creek, a tributary of the San Pedro river), while digging out the fossil bones of a mammoth. Emil Haury excavated the Naco mammoth site in April 1952. In only five days, Haury recovered the remains of a Columbian Mammoth in association with 8 Clovis points (including the 2 originally found by the Navarettes). The excavator believed the assemblage to date from about 10,000 Before Present. An additional point was found in the arroyo upstream. The Naco site was the first Clovis mammoth kill association to be identified. An additional, unpublished, second excavation occurred in 1953 which doubled the area of the original work and found bones from a 2nd mammoth. In 2020, small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naco, Arizona
Naco, a Census-Designated Place (CDP) located in Cochise County, Arizona, Cochise County, Arizona, United States had a recorded population of 1,046 during the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. It is located directly across the United States–Mexico border from its sister city Naco, Sonora. Naco is best known for an accidental Bombing of Naco, 1929 air raid and is the first and only municipality in the Continental United States to have been Aerial bombing of cities, aerially bombed by foreigners. The present-day unincorporated town of Naco, Arizona, was established in the early 20th century. The area was originally settled by the Nahua and Opata people, Opata Indians. ''Naco'' means "nopal cactus" in the Opata language. The U.S. Congress officially established Naco as a Naco Arizona Port of Entry, Port of Entry on June 28, 1902. Today, the Naco Arizona Port of Entry, Naco port of entry is open 24 hours per day. Occasionally the people on both sides of the border use the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
