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The Williamson Archaeological Site consists of a very large and rare quarry workshop of Paleo Indians dating back to before 9000 B.C. The twenty-acre Dinwiddie County site has yielded thousands of artifacts, including fluted points, scrapers, knives, burins, hammers, and workshop debris. Most of the points and tools are made of chert, taken from a local outcrop. One of these chert projectile points is shown here. The site is one of the largest of its type and age located thus far in North America. Occupying a plateau overlooking Little Cattail Run, the Williamson Archaeological Site currently consists of cultivated farmland with some adjacent woodland.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Programs
DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
