Meadowcroft Rock Shelter is an archaeological site located near Avella in Washington County, in southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Artifacts found at the site are connected by some archaeologists with North America's Paleo-Indian culture of approximately 10,000 to 16,000 years ago. An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been investigated using the discipline of archaeology. ... Avella is a town located in Washington County, Pennsylvania. ... Washington County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. ... State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Senators Arlen Specter (R) Rick Santorum (R) Official language(s) None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the... Paleo-Indians is an English term used to refer to the ancient peoples of America who were present at the end of the last Ice Age. ...

The excavations there were begun in 1973 by local archaeologist James M. Adovasio. If the dating is correct, the site would be among the oldest known Native American cultural sites in the Eastern United States. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Assiniboin Boy, an Atsina Native Americans in the United States (also Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are those indigenous peoples within the territory which is now encompassed by the continental United States, and their descendants in modern times. ...

It was given the name Meadowcroft from the nearby Meadowcroft Village historical park.

References

• James Adovasio and Jake Page, The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery, 2003, ISBN 037575704X.

• Mark McConaughy, "Meadowcroft Rockshelter."

• Meadowcroft Rockshelter

• Meadowcroft Museum