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According to Marble.com, in 2016 there were 276 quarries producing natural stone in 34 states, and states producing the most granite were Texas, Massachusetts, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia. [1] The term "quarry" refers also to sites producing aggregate, molding sand, or other resources besides cut stone.
The Rumford Archaeological Sites are a collection of prehistoric Native American sites in the vicinity of the Androscoggin River near Rumford, Maine.These six sites provide a window of observation into the movements and practices of Native Americans from c. 7,000 BCE (the early Archaic period) to the Late Woodland period and contact with Europeans.
The Early Woodland period continued many trends begun during the Late and Terminal Archaic periods, including extensive mound-building, regional distinctive burial complexes, the trade of exotic goods across a large area of North America as part of interaction spheres, the reliance on both wild and domesticated plant foods, and a mobile subsistence strategy in which small groups took advantage ...
Archaic, Plains Woodland: 4999 BC - AD 1000: Village: National, State: From the State register, at least five occupations (2 Archaic periods, 3 Plains Woodland). 17: Brewer Archaeological District (Site ID 5DL.578) Dolores, near Dove Creek: Ancient Pueblo: AD 1000–1300: Residential: State: 83: Calhan Paint Mines Archeological District (Site ...
The site is a large Late Woodland village located on Selden Island in the Potomac River. Excavations carried out in the 1930s and 1940s revealed a 40-foot section of a palisade, circular house patterns, shallow oval pits and cylindrical pits, and flexed burials interred in the floors of the houses. [2]
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The new vault was Gothic Revival in style and made of cut stone. This vault was 35 by 15 feet (10.7 by 4.6 m), with a 14-foot (4.3 m) high roof and 2-foot (0.61 m) thick walls. [87] [j] The same year, the Cleveland City Council approved the construction of a large stone gate and gatehouse at Woodland Cemetery. [84]
The community is surrounded mostly by Woodland with scattered dwellings. The town of Highbridge is located about 1 mile south of Readingsburg; the village of Cokesbury lies several miles to the east. The hamlet of Readingsburg, also called Stone Mill, is the site of 18th and 19th Century watered powered mills.