Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument is a U.S. National Monument in the State of Texas. For thousands of years, people came to the red bluffs above the Canadian River for flint, vital to their existence. Demand for the high quality, rainbow-hued flint is reflected in the distribution of Alibates Flint through the Great Plains and beyond. Indians of the Ice Age Clovis Culture used Alibates flint for spear points to hunt the Imperial Mammoth before the Great Lakes were formed. The flint usually lies just below the surface at ridge level in a layer up to six feet thick. The quarry pits were not very large, between 5 and 25 feet wide and 4 to 7 feet deep. Many of these quarries were exploited by the Antelope Creek people, of the Panhandle culture, between 1200 and 1450. The stone-slabbed,
Wikipage redirect
primaryTopic
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument is a U.S. National Monument in the State of Texas. For thousands of years, people came to the red bluffs above the Canadian River for flint, vital to their existence. Demand for the high quality, rainbow-hued flint is reflected in the distribution of Alibates Flint through the Great Plains and beyond. Indians of the Ice Age Clovis Culture used Alibates flint for spear points to hunt the Imperial Mammoth before the Great Lakes were formed. The flint usually lies just below the surface at ridge level in a layer up to six feet thick. The quarry pits were not very large, between 5 and 25 feet wide and 4 to 7 feet deep. Many of these quarries were exploited by the Antelope Creek people, of the Panhandle culture, between 1200 and 1450. The stone-slabbed,
has abstract
Alibates Flint Quarries Nation ...... renommée le 10 novembre 1978.
@fr
Alibates Flint Quarries Nation ...... ent name on November 10, 1978.
@en
Alibates Flint Quarries Nation ...... bates Creek angesiedelt hatte.
@de
Het Alibates Flint Quarries Na ...... afgekort tot de huidige naam.
@nl
Элибейтс-Флинт-Кворрис (англ. ...... индейской культуры этих мест.
@ru
area total (m2)
5.5482401551104e+6
iucn category
nearest city
number of visitors
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
729,392,315
embedded
governing body
lat d
3.5575045e+1
long d
-1.016837868e+2
map alt
A map of the United States sho ...... int Quarries National Monument
photo alt
A photo of hills in Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
photo caption
Alibates Flint Quarries
visitation year
Website
subject
hypernym
point
35.575045 -101.6837868
comment
Alibates Flint Quarries Nation ...... n cow-boy du nom de Ali Bates.
@fr
Alibates Flint Quarries Nation ...... 0 and 1450. The stone-slabbed,
@en
Alibates Flint Quarries Nation ...... nur eine geringe Besucherzahl.
@de
Het Alibates Flint Quarries Na ...... it de Amerikaanse prehistorie.
@nl
Элибейтс-Флинт-Кворрис (англ. ...... индейской культуры этих мест.
@ru
label
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
@de
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
@en
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
@fr
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
@it
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
@nl
Элибейтс-Флинт-Кворрис (национальный монумент)
@ru
sameAs
lat
3.5575045e+1
long
-1.016837868e+2
depiction
homepage
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
@en