A team of military personnel and geologists revealed the discovery of an ancient American campsite on a New Mexico air base in March.
A team of geologists working with the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) at the Holloman Air Force Base revealed the discovery of a campsite believed to have been occupied by “Paleo-Archaic” Americans some 8,200 years ago, according to a statement shared March 21 on the base’s website. The site is being called Gomolak Overlook but it’s official name is the ever-so catchy (not) “LA202921.”
The base is just next door to White Sands National Park, where the oldest human footprints in America are located. This incredible archaeological marvel dates human activity in the region to at least 23,000 years ago.
“The formation of the white sand dunes inadvertently buried the site, with windblown silt protecting the delicate archaeological remains,” 49th CES cultural resource manager Matthew Cuba noted in the statement.
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The Air Force unfortunately played into Big Archaeology’s myth about the actual timeline of human development in North America. The statement said the ancient people of the site were “some of the first settlers of New Mexico,” despite evidence proving people have lived in the region for tens of thousands of years. (RELATED: America’s First Inhabitants Came Across The Atlantic, Not The Bering Strait, Controversial Theory Claims)
“Found on the site were approximately 70 items, ranging from flake stones to a rare example of an early ground stone, providing valuable clues about past human activities,” Cuba noted. “We also uncovered a series of hearths, or community campsites, with remnants of mesquite charcoal which is a tremendous find in and of itself.”
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Gomolak Overlook is one of around 400 archaeological discoveries inside the Holloman base. (RELATED: Hey America, Your History Just Changed Forever)
It is hoped that future research will reveal even more about the ancient humans who once roamed our continent (and hopefully the military will update their knowledge on the actual timeline of human development instead of sounding like they don’t know what they’re talking about).