<< Text Pages >> Cornelius - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in Mid Atlantic
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Multi-periodSite Name: Cornelius Alternative Name: 44WG35Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 10.048 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Mid Atlantic Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Abigdon, VA
Latitude: 36.630000N Longitude: 81.95W
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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Washington County. Virginia.
Large pallisaded village on the current shores of the reservoir Soulth Holston Lake.
The site has been the subject of excavation over several decades, notably by the Wolf Hills Chapter of the Archaeological Society of Virginia, led by Lyle Browning. Ceramic artifacts. Publications on excavations by Browning (2013) and Deitrick (1999.)
Note: location is general for the lake, and does not reflect the actual site of the village.
Note: Findings of prehistoric site excavation to be presented, May 2013.
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