St. Albans Site
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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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1974.
Archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place in which evidence of past activity is preserved , and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.Beyond this, the definition and geographical extent of a 'site' can vary widely,...
located near St. Albans
St. Albans, West Virginia
St. Albans is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal Rivers. The population was 11,044 at the 2010 census.St. Albans was laid out in 1816...
, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Kanawha County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 200,073 people, 86,226 households, and 55,960 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile . There were 93,788 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...
. 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1974.