St. Albans Site

St. Albans Site
Nearest city St. Albans, West Virginia
Area 13 acres (5.3 ha)
NRHP Reference # 74002012[1]
Added to NRHP May 3, 1974

St. Albans Site is a historic archaeological site located near St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was a camping site for prehistoric peoples between c. 12,000 B.C. and A.D. 1700. Excavations in 1964-1965, yielded projectile points ranging in age from 7900 t o 6210 B.C.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Bettye J. Broyles and James E. Harding (February 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Albans Site" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.


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