Folsom (New Mexico)

Union County

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Folsom is a village in Union County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. In 2000 the village had 75 inhabitants. The village covers an area of ​​1.4 km2 and is located at 1948 meters above sea level.

The small village gained international prominence for the archeology of North America by any nearby archaeological site. Here in 1927 evidence for the simultaneous existence of prehistoric bison and humans have found for the first time. Found here characteristic spear points you therefore called Folsom points, and the people who lived here, the Folsom - people. The excavated by Jesse Figgins piece of evidence, a spearhead, which is still between the ribs of an extinct about 10,000 years ago Bisonart, can be admired at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science today. The site, which just west of the village, is already in Colfax County, is now a National Historic Landmark.