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St. Albans Site

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

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  1. ^ a b "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 August 5, 2011.