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American Northeast Culture History and Archaeology

Culture history, archaeological sites, and other information related to the past of the Northeastern United States.
Meadowcroft Rockshelter (USA)
Meadowcroft Rockshelter was one of the first archaeological sites in the United States to contain evidence of pre-Clovis populations, and as such it has always been controversial.
Boylston Street Fish Weir (Massachusetts)
The Boylston Street Fish Weir is a Late Archaic fish trap located within the town of Boston, Massachusetts.
Cardiff Giant (New York)
The Cardiff Giant was a famous nineteenth century hoax, which paid off handsomely to its perpetrators.
Hughes H. Jones Site (Pennsylvania, USA)
The Hughes H. Jones Site (36Gr4) is a Late Prehistoric Monongahela Tradition (c. A.D. 1000–1640) habitation site located in Pennsyvlania
Meadowcroft Rockshelter
A summary of the Clovis and Pre-clovis aspects of Meadowcroft rockshelter, written by Mark A. McConaughy.
New York Archaeological Council
The New York Archaeological Council website has been opened to provide a point of reference for information about archaeological resources in the state, including a wide range of issues, introductions to various organizations involved in NY archaeology and the home for New York Archaeology Month
Piney Branch (District of Columbia)
The Piney Branch site is a paleoindian archaeological site, located in Washington, DC.
Prehistory of the Mid-Hudson Valley
A special issue of the Hudson Valley Regional Review, originally published in 1999 and placed on line, summarizing information about the archaeology of Tivoli Bays, Dutchess County, New York.
Roundtop (New York): The Way Science Works
Reanalysis of the prehistoric site where intercropping of corn, beans, and squash were reported at a radiocarbon date of 1070AD reveals a revision of the site's date and meaning.
Shawnee Minisink (Pennsylvania)
The deeply buried, stratified Shawnee Minisink archaeological site is located on the Delaware River in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States.
Sylvester Manor (New York, USA)
Sylvester Manor is the name of the ruins of a plantation established in 1651 for provisioning two sugar plantations in Barbados
The First Peoples of the Northeast
Esther and David Braun have assembled an excellent introductory text on the archaeology of northeastern America.
Trenton Gravels (New Jersey)
The Trenton Gravels is the name of a quarry site in the American northeastern state of New Jersey where early American archaeologists such as C.C. Abbott and Frederick Ward Putnam sought early man in the New World.
World Atlas: American Northeast
The original web page in the World Atlas of Archaeology on the Web on the northeastern United States.

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