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Cactus Hill is an archaeological site in southeastern Virginia, United States, located on sand dunes above the Nottoway River about 45 miles south of Richmond. The site receives its name from the prickly pear cacti that can be found growing abundantly on-site in the sandy soil. Cactus Hill may be one of the oldest archaeological sites in the ...
L'Anse aux Meadows (lit. ' Meadows Cove ') is an archaeological site, first excavated in the 1960s, of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago. The site is located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near St. Anthony.
Rimrock Draw Rockshelter is a rockshelter located in Eastern Oregon of the US. It is an archaeological site being studied by the University of Oregon under the guidance of Dr. Patrick O'Grady in coordination with the Museum of Natural and Cultural History [1] and in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Long before the U.S. declared its independence on July 4, 1776, many European explorers had already founded lasting settlements. These are 10 of the oldest inhabited cities in the U.S. that you ...
Oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in North America. Founded in 1613 as Bermuda City by Thomas Dale. 1614: Albany, New York: New York: United States: Oldest US settlement north of Virginia and second oldest state or territorial capital in the continental United States, incorporated 1686 1614 Sirinhaém: Pernambuco: Brazil
A Spanish garrison was posted near the foot of the Laventille Hills, which today form the city's eastern boundary. 1563 Cartago: Cartago: Costa Rica: Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in Costa Rica 1563 Villa de Durango: Durango: Mexico: Capital of the Nueva Vizcaya province of Villa New Spain: 1564 Fort Caroline ...
A construction crew was working on a drainage improvement project in St. Augustine, which is Florida’s oldest city, in early October when workers unearthed a wooden shipwreck, archaeologists said.
The Meadowcroft Rockshelter is an archaeological site which is located near Avella in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania. [4] The site is a rock shelter in a bluff overlooking Cross Creek (a tributary of the Ohio River), and contains evidence that the area may have been continually inhabited for more than 19,000 years.