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Excavated places tagged “americas” in United States · Mysteria

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Excavated places tagged “americas” in United States

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🇺🇸 United States

🇺🇸 United States · Rock art

Anzick Site

Paleo-Indian (Clovis, ~12,700 BP) · Clovis (Paleo-Indian)

Only Clovis burial (12,600 BCE) — 18-month child with 112 ochre-stained tools and first Paleo-Indian genome, Montana.

🇺🇸 United States · Rock art

Meadowcroft Rockshelter

Pre-Clovis to Late Woodland · Pre-Clovis (Meadowcroft) to Woodland

16,000-year stratified rockshelter (Miller lanceolate horizon) with basketry preservation, Pennsylvania.