Date:
5/2/2013
Contact: George Crawford at 575.562.2910
Reporter: Wendel Sloan at 575.562.2253
PORTALES–Eastern New Mexico University's Blackwater Draw Archaeological Site will host prehistoric demonstrations from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4.
It is free and open to the public.
"The Clovis Site" demonstrations will include allowing participants a chance to learn how to toss an atlatl, cook prehistoric style, flintknapping, working fiber and making sandals. The site dates human occupancy in North America to more than 10,000 years ago.
Attendees can meet with archaeologists from the Museum of New Mexico and Blackwater Draw National Monument.
The site is located approximately six miles north of Portales and one mile north of Oasis State Park Rd. on N.M. 467.
For more information, call George Crawford at 575-562-2910.