At Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico, an astonishing archaeological find was unearthed—an 8,200-year-old Paleo-Archaic campsite. What makes this discovery so remarkable is its preservation beneath shifting gypsum dunes. These dunes, which formed long after the site was abandoned, acted as a natural vault, locking in the details of daily life from a forgotten era. It’s a window into a world long gone, untouched and almost perfectly frozen in time.