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One of the most extensive (and intensively tested) Paleoindian sites in North America. Thunderbird contains habitations, workshops, and quarries, along with post molds offering evidence of perhaps the oldest structure on the continent. Designated a National Historic Landmark 1977.
A 37-acre quarry crucial to defining artifact types and cultural sequences. Designated a National Historic Landmark 1990.
Artifacts from the site have helped clarify the sequence of the area's cultural development. Unusually well-preserved soil strata. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1975.
Charcoal samples from the lowest strata date to about 11,280 years ago. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1974.
This small site yielded an extensive collection of late Paleoindian tools, along with well-preserved charred plant remains. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1986.
Many archeologists believe the bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other animals in and around the site's salt springs indicate Paleoindian occupation. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1971.
Habitation site used continuously into historic times. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1985.
Quarries, workshops, and living areas spread over 2,000 acres-encompassing the Thunderbird archeological district-documenting the extensive use of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley by the earliest Americans. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1976.
On a plateau overlooking a creek, this quarry-workshop yielded projectile points, scrapers, knives, hammers, and workshop debris. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1969.
A small habitation in Virginia's uplands. Also appears to have been a tool-making area. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1985.
This environmentally diverse site promises to clarify the sequence of southeastern cultures. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1986.
Multi-use site with one of South Carolina's most extensive collections of Paleoindian artifacts. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1974.
On a ridge near a host of microenvironments, the site was used for millennia. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1978.
Quarries, workshops, and habitation areas spanning over 1,500 acres. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1984.
Artifacts and human remains were found in peat deposits near a pond. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1987.
Underwater site with human remains as well as those of ground sloth, mammoth, mastodon, and giant land tortoise. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1979.
Submerged human remains were discovered on a ledge in this sinkhole. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1977.
This watershed of the Escambia River served a host of purposes for the first Americans. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1985.
Along a ridge, archeologists found late Paleoindian projectile points, scrapers, stone debris, a cremation burial, and charred plant and animal remains. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1993.
Late Paleoindian projectile points were discovered at the site, used for a host of purposes. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1972.
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