Cactus Hill is an archaeological site in southeastern Virginia, in the United States. The site, on sand dunes above the Nottoway River, about 45 miles south of Richmond, is owned by the International Paper Corporation.
The site has yielded multiple levels of early occupation. Archaic stage material is underlain by fluted stone tools associated with the Clovis 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[1]. 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. Cactus Hill is arguably the oldest archaeological dig in North America.[citation needed]
References
External links
- Archaeology magazine update on Cactus Hill
- Science News Online: Early New World Settlers Rise in East
See also
- Models of migration to the New World
Solutrean hypothesis
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