St. Albans Site

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]

St. Albans Site
Nearest citySt. Albans, West Virginia
Area13 acres (5.3 ha)
NRHP reference No.74002012[1]
Added to NRHPMay 3, 1974

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

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.