Bull Thistle Cave Archaeological Site
The Bull Thistle Cave in Tazewell County holds an undisturbed archaeological deposit containing human osteological remains and artifacts relating to its use as a place of burial during the later […]
Burke’s Garden Rural Historic District
Encompassing nearly forty square miles in southwest Virginia’s Tazewell County, Burke’s Garden is a topographically unique elongated basin rimmed entirely by Garden Mountain, a continuous mountain system which protects the […]
Nottoway Archaeological Site
Included in this site is a series of spatially overlapping Indian components on a terrace above the Nottoway River. Dating from the Paleo-Indian (9200 B.C.) through the Late Woodland (A.D. […]
Chippokes Plantation Historic District (Chippokes State Park)
This 1,403-acre Surry County plantation opposite Jamestown Island has been an identifiable entity since the early 17th century, when it was owned by Capt. William Powell. Named for Choupocke, a […]
Fox Farm Site
Located in Smyth County near the Middle Fork of the Holston River, Fox Farm preserves an Indian village site occupied between the 14th and 15th centuries, in the Late Woodland […]
Flanary Archaeological Site
The Flanary Archaeological Site in Scott County contains stratified deposits dating to the Archaic and Late Woodland periods of Indian settlement. Well-preserved Archaic period deposits (8000 to 1000 B.C.) occur […]
The Big Run Quarry Site
The continuity of human occupation in Virginia prior to European settlement is vividly apparent in this quarry site along the mountain stream Big Run. Covering about 1,400 square meters, this […]
Oak Spring Farm
Oak Spring Farm takes its name from a spring once used by hunting parties. The brick dwelling, a classic example of the I-house form, was built in 1826 by William […]
Anderson Hollow Archaeological District
Anderson Hollow contains seven prehistoric and historic archaeological sites representing the full range of hollow settlement patterns as they occurred within the ridge-and-valley province of western Virginia. In the 19th […]
Indian Banks
The compact plantation house of Indian Banks stands on land in Richmond County patented by Thomas Glascock in 1652. Traditionally dated to 1699, Indian Banks may have been built in […]
