- Cactus Hill
Cactus Hill is an archaeological site in the U.S. state of
Virginia . It lies in the southeastern part of the state on theNottoway River roughly 45 miles south of Richmond. The site, owned by the International Paper Corporation, is situated on sand dunes above the river.The site has yielded multiple levels of early occupation.
Archaic stage material is underlain by fluted stone tools associated with theClovis culture dated to 10,920 BP. A lower level yields artifacts including unfluted bifacial stone tools with dates ranging from c. 15,000 to 17,000 years ago. White pine charcoal from a hearth context on this level dates to 15,070 radiocarbon years BP [ [http://www.athenapub.com/cacthill.htm Athena Review 2,3: Recent Finds in Archaeology: Pre-Clovis occupation on Virginia's Nottoway River ] ] . Further charcoal deposits retrieved at the site date to as early as 19,700 years ago, although these deposits may have been made by forest fires.References
External links
* [http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/cactus.html Archaeology magazine update on Cactus Hill]
* [http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20000415/fob1.asp Science News Online: Early New World Settlers Rise in East]See also
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Models of migration to the New World
*Solutrean hypothesis
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