Places

Oystershell tabby cabin and restoration.
Tabby buildings at Kingsley Plantation, Timucuan Ecological & Historical Preserve. NPS photo.


Whether on land or under water, archeology uncovers places where people made history. Archeology is a place-based science, meaning that each archeological site tells a unique story about its location. These stories may relate to the impacts of people on their environments, as well as environments on people: influencing where they settled, grew food, mined, and traveled.

Find out about the people and artifacts found on archeological sites throughout the regions of the U.S.: New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, West, Pacific Coast and Islands, Southwest, Alaska, and Under Water.

Last updated: January 5, 2021