Meadowcroft Rockshelter

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archaeological site rock shelter

Meadowcroft Rockshelter is an archaeological site in Pennsylvania renowned for evidence of some of the earliest known human habitation in North America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Meadowcroft Rockshelter canonical 5
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village 4
Meadowcroft Rock Shelter 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
rock shelter ⓘ
associatedWithDebate peopling of the Americas ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designatedAs National Historic Landmark ⓘ
discoveredBy Albert Miller ⓘ
discoveryYear 1955 ⓘ
excavatedBy James M. Adovasio ⓘ
University of Pittsburgh ⓘ
firstExcavationYear 1973 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
surface form: Meadowcroft Rock Shelter

Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
surface form: Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village
hasControversialAspect interpretation of earliest radiocarbon dates ⓘ
hasEvidenceOfHumanHabitation Archaic period ⓘ
Late Pleistocene ⓘ
Woodland period ⓘ
as early as about 16,000 years ago ⓘ
hasFeature deep archaeological stratigraphy ⓘ
overhanging sandstone cliff ⓘ
stratified cultural deposits ⓘ
hasFind botanical remains ⓘ
charcoal samples ⓘ
faunal remains ⓘ
hearths ⓘ
post molds ⓘ
projectile points ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
hasOnsiteMuseum true ⓘ
hasRadiocarbonDates pre-Clovis age ⓘ
knownFor early human habitation in North America ⓘ
long cultural sequence of human occupation ⓘ
pre-Clovis archaeological evidence ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Avella, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Cross Creek Township, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Ohio Valley region ⓘ
surface form: Ohio River Valley

Pennsylvania ⓘ
Washington County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Senator John Heinz History Center ⓘ
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear 2005 ⓘ
nationalRegisterListingYear 1978 ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf Meadowcroft Rockshelter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village

Meadowcroft Village open-air museum ⓘ
researchFocus early human migration into the Americas ⓘ
usedAs long-term habitation site ⓘ
seasonal campsite ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paleo-Indian period → associatedWith → Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
Avella, Pennsylvania → near → Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
Avella, Pennsylvania → hasHistoricSite → Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
Avella, Pennsylvania → hasHistoricSite → Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village
Avella, Pennsylvania → hasNearbyAttraction → Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village
Avella, Pennsylvania → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania → contains → Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
Meadowcroft Rockshelter → partOf → Meadowcroft Rockshelter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village
Meadowcroft Rockshelter → hasAlternativeName → Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meadowcroft Rock Shelter
Meadowcroft Rockshelter → hasAlternativeName → Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village