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Worlebury storage pits. Worlebury Camp storage pits are 93 storage pits found at the Iron Age hill fort that stood north of the town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England. The pits were cut into bedrock for "keeps", one is a ditch for protection [5]), and 74 are outside the "keep" but still enclosed within the exterior walls. [6]
Keatley Creek is a significant archaeological site in the interior of British Columbia and in the traditional territory of the St'at'imc peoples. It is located in the Glen Fraser area of the Fraser Canyon ranchlands, about 18 miles from the town of Lillooet on a benchland flanking Keatley Creek, whose name derives from a former ranch owner, and from which the site takes its name.
United States historic place East Lake Abert Archeological District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district Prehistoric stone house ring Location Lake County, Oregon, U.S. Address restricted Built Over the past 11,000 years Architectural style Prehistoric house pits and rock art NRHP reference No. 78002295 Added to NRHP 29 November 1978 The East Lake Abert ...
Archaeologists are bewildered by the discovery of over two dozen large prehistoric pits near London dated to about 8,500 to 7,700 years ago in what they claim to be a “nationally important ...
As the dig continued, the number increased to 35 in six distinct storage pits. Six of the bottles were broken, with the other 19 intact. Twelve held cherries, 16 held the other berries believed to ...
Pukaskwa Pits are rock-lined depressions near the northern shore of Lake Superior dug by early inhabitants, [1] ancestors of the Ojibwa, [2] named after the Pukaskwa River in Ontario, Canada. Estimates of their age range from as recent as 1100-1600 CE, [ 1 ] [ 3 ] to as ancient as 3000-8000 BCE.
The George C. Page Museum is dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens from the animals that died there. See List of fossil species in the La Brea Tar Pits. Fort Sill Tar Pits - Located near Fort Sill in SW Oklahoma. It features a pool of asphalt that dates back approximately 280 million years in the Permian Period.
The South Room Block also had a community room (20 by 20 feet (6.1 by 6.1 m)) that was built sturdily with double and triple walls. In the plazas outside the room blocks were ramadas, outdoor work areas, adobe-lined fire pits, middens, and a cremation area. There were also several pit-houses. [11]