# The "black mat" at Murray Springs

> The dark organic layer near the onset in which the proposed markers were counted at Murray Springs.

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**ART** 0D51XYSA1G8Y·Artifact · object

# The "black mat" at Murray Springs

PhotographCC0Photographed 12 March 2016

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The dark organic layer near the onset in which the proposed markers were counted at Murray Springs.

Ammodramus (Wikimedia Commons), 2016. CC0

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**Photo** Ammodramus (Wikimedia Commons) · commons.wikimedia.org · 2016-03-12 · CC0Primary source: [File:Murray Springs Clovis site, Clanton clay black mat 1.JPG](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D51WZ1P1E1Y/file-murray-springs-clovis-site-clanton-clay-black-mat-1-jpg)1 step from the original

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## Where it is kept

[Murray Springs, San Pedro Valley, Arizona](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D51WZS47HWA/murray-springs-san-pedro-valley-arizona) · Archaeological site

## Sources 2

- [File:Murray Springs Clovis site, Clanton clay black mat 1.JPG](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D51WZ1P1E1Y/file-murray-springs-clovis-site-clanton-clay-black-mat-1-jpg)_SRC_
- [Shocked quartz at the Younger Dryas onset (12.8 ka) supports cosmic airbursts/impacts contributing to North American megafaunal extinctions and collapse of the Clovis technocomplex (retracted)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D51WW3Y6T4M/shocked-quartz-at-the-younger-dryas-onset-12-8-ka-supports)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The "black mat" at Murray Springs [Artifact ART0D51XYSA1G8Y]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D51XYSA1G8Y
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Key

**ART** 0D51XYSA1G8Y

Kind

Object

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in situ (Murray Springs Clovis Site, Bureau of Land Management)

Dated

photographed 12 March 2016

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CC0

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[Murray Springs, San Pedro Valley, Arizona](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D51WZS47HWA/murray-springs-san-pedro-valley-arizona)

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[Younger Dryas impact hypothesis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact)

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