Definition: 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. Charles Conrad Abbott lived on a farm near Trenton, New Jersey, and for a while during the latter part of the 19th century, some Americans really did believe that very old archaeological remains would be found in the New World. They were eventually proved wrong.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
