Hatch Archaeological Site
On Powell Creek, two miles inland from the James River, the Hatch site contains archaeological remains dating from at least 8000 B.C. through the 17th century. Deep stratified deposits, a […]
Flowerdew Hundred Plantation
Flowerdew Hundred Plantation was among the earliest English settlements in the new world. The tract was granted in 1618 to Governor George Yeardley, who named it in honor of his […]
Leesville Dam Archaeological Site
This prehistoric site along the Roanoke River contains well-preserved archaeological material dating from the Late Woodland period. The site is characterized by high integrity of cultural features including midden, bone […]
Daugherty’s Cave Site and Breeding Site
Along the banks of Big Cedar Creek near its junction with the Clinch River, these two sites contain Indian artifacts dating from 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1600. Excavations at Daugherty’s […]
Ingles Bottom Archaeological Sites
The tract of floodplain along the New River in southwest Radford incorporates a variety of sites of human occupation from 8000 B.C. to the present. Prehistoric sites range from the […]
Jeremey’s Run Site
The Page County location of the Jeremey’s Run Site is immediately south of a complex of springs and marsh, within several rich ecological zones, and probably drew prehistoric peoples to […]
Hampstead Farm Archaeological District
Hampstead Farm presents a unique opportunity to study nearly all periods of the human occupation of Virginia’s northern Piedmont. The district is spread across 780 acres of beautiful rolling hills […]
Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District
Encompassing roughly forty square miles of Piedmont countryside, the Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District in Orange County is one of Virginia’s best-preserved cultural landscapes. The rolling, semi mountainous terrain is broken […]
Little Mountain Pictograph Site
Adorning a rugged rockface, these pictographs in Nottoway County belong to a class of archaeological resources whose rarity makes them significant at the national level. The Little Mountain Pictograph Site […]
Historic Resources of Oakland Farm Industrial Park MRA
The Oakland Farm sites include three significant and distinct archaeological sites within a tract of land in northern Newport News developed as the Oakland Industrial Park. Surviving intact are the […]
