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Natural PlacesSite Name: Meadowcroft Rockshelter Alternative Name: Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural LifeCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 44.401 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Mid Atlantic Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Avella, PA Nearest Village: Jefferson, PA
Latitude: 40.286624N Longitude: 80.493854W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Rock Shelter in Washington County, Pennsylvania.Meadowcroft Rockshelter is renowned, even notorious, among those who follow the controversy around the dating of the earliest occupancy of North America. When James M. Adovasio, Ph.D, the archaeologist whose name is most closely connected to the site and who performed and oversaw the greater part of the research here, had material from the lowest levels of the dig radiocarbon-dated, it came back at over 19,000 years old.
This information is disputed, however, especially by those who cling to the belief that the Clovis people were the first residents of the continent.
No one disputes that human occupation there goes back at least 12,000 years, making Meadowcroft one of the earliest documented archaeological sites in North America. The area's earliest corn (maize) was found here, dating back to the 300's B.C.E., the area's earliest squash and pottery, dating back to about 1000 B.C.E., and many artifacts have been found here, including rock flakes and tools of various types in layers dating to many eras. Researchers have found over a million animal remains at the site, many showing signs of processing and cooking.
While not a megalithic site, Meadowcroft Rockshelter has been and continues to be very influential in the effort to learn about the earliest people in North America. The Rockshelter and Museum is an important stop for those interested in the lives of of the most ancient Americans.
Note: Meadowcroft reopens. See latest comment and link.
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