Pendejo Cave is a geological feature and archaeological site located in southern New Mexico about 20 miles east of Orogrande.
[1] Pendejo is a Spanish word and literally means "a pubic hair", but in Mexico it can also be a vulgar insult to someone's intelligence.
Pendejo Cave was discovered in 1978, and twelve years later, in early 1990, the first archaeological expedition headed by MacNeish excavated the site.
[2] According to MacNeish, he found 3 pre-Clovis strata in the cave that he named, from oldest to youngest, the Orogrande, the McGregor, and the North Mesa.
[3] In 2005, William Farrand, in his review of MacNeish and Libby's 2004 book,[2] noted the abundance and integrity of the data as provided by the authors.