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The Tusayan Ruins (aka Tusayan Pueblo) is an 800-year-old Pueblo Indian site located within Grand Canyon National Park, [2] and is considered by the National Park Service (NPS) to be one of the major archeological sites in Arizona. [3] The site consists of a small, u-shaped pueblo featuring a living area, storage rooms, and a kiva. [2]
The NHLs in Alabama comprise 3% of the approximately 1178 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama. Four historic sites in the state are managed by the National Park Service. One of these, the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, is also designated an NHL.
Russell Cave National Monument is a U.S. national monument in northeastern Alabama, United States, close to the city of Bridgeport.The monument was established on May 11, 1961, when 310 acres (1.3 km 2) of land were donated by the National Geographic Society to the American people.
This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Alabama, in the United States Wikimedia Commons has media related to Archaeological sites in Alabama . Subcategories
Split-twig figurine from the Grand Canyon. Current archaeological evidence suggests that humans inhabited the Grand Canyon area as far back as 4,000 years ago [1] and at least were passers-through for 6,500 years before that. [2] Radiocarbon dating of artifacts found in limestone caves in the inner canyon indicate ages of 3,000 to 4,000 years. [1]
The site Holland discovered is designated as Alabama State Site 1Ct161, and is located in the approximate center of the complex on an eroded knoll descending into the sinkhole. The remaining twenty or so fluted point sites are located on an undulating series of small natural mounds surrounding this large karstic pond. [ 1 ]
The excavation of the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter commenced in 1960, after gaining approval of the property owner, Robert B. Stanfield. The project was under the guidance of the North Alabama Project, a partnership between the Alabama Archaeological Society, the University of Alabama and the Archaeological Research Association of Alabama. [4]
Cathedral Caverns State Park is a 493-acre (200 ha) public recreation area and natural history preserve in Kennamer Cove, Alabama, located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Grant and 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Woodville in Marshall County. The park, first known as Bats Cave, was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1950s.