Q1896118

The Meadowcroft Rockshelter is an archaeological site which is located near Avella in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania. The site is a rock shelter in a bluff overlooking Cross Creek, and contains evidence that the area may have been continually inhabited for at least 16,000 years and up to 19,000 years. If accurately dated, it would be one of the earliest known sites with evidence of a human presence and continuous human occupation in the New World.

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Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life; Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village
archaeological site, museum, rock shelter, United States, 

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• National Register of Historic Places listed place page^@
• National Register of Historic Places page^@
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Location: 40.2864, -80.4917, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
  archaeological site in Washington County, Pennsylvania

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  Acheson Tunnel ⓘ
  railroad tunnel in Washington County, Pennsylvania

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  Coen Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in Ohio

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  Hickory Tunnel ⓘ
  railroad tunnel in Washington County, Pennsylvania

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  McGugin Tunnel ⓘ
  railroad tunnel in Washington County, Pennsylvania

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Meadowcroft Rockshelter near Avella, Pennsylvania

Meadowcroft Rockshelter near Avella, Pennsylvania

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• The First Americans - paperback edition of a book by James M. Adovasio and Jake Page, English, 2002
• Micromorphological Analysis of Sediments from Meadowcroft Rockshelter, Pennsylvania: Implications for Radiocarbon Dating - scientific article published in 1999

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
site	cave		Meadowcroft Rockshelter	rock shelter, archaeological site, museum	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Acheson Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Coen Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Hickory Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		McGugin Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
commons	image		MeadowcroftPA		Commons
commons	image		Meadowcroft Rockshelter near Avella, Pennsylvania		Commons
commons	image		Meadowcroft Rockshelter near Avella, Pennsylvania		Commons
commons	image		Meadowcroft Rockshelter (8983441023)		Commons
commons	image		Meadowcroft Rockshelter 09		Commons
commons	image		Meadowcroft Rockshelter 14		Commons
commons	image		Meadowcroft Rockshelter 05		Commons
commons	image		Meadowcroft Rockshelter 16		Commons
commons	image		Meadowcroft Rockshelter 12		Commons
commons	image		Meadowcroft Rockshelter 08		Commons