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New Mexico
Cerro Pedernal chert slopes
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasper
Flint and stone toolsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), James St. John (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Flint-capped mesa whose colorful Pedernal chert supplied toolmakers for millennia
Geologically and archaeologically documented source area.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep talus
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.