Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas
PARSONS ISLAND, Md. - With the Chesapeake Bay sloshing at his knee-high boots, Darrin Lowery stood back and squinted at a 10-foot-tall bluff rising above a narrow strip of beach.
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PARSONS ISLAND, Md. - With the Chesapeake Bay sloshing at his knee-high boots, Darrin Lowery stood back and squinted at a 10-foot-tall bluff rising above a narrow strip of beach.
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, part of the Senator John Heinz History Center family of museums, will open for its 2024 season on Saturday, May 4. An hour’s drive from Pittsburgh, Meadowcroft is a National Historic Landmark in Avella, Washington County. Visitors of all ages can explore the Rockshelter, where the region’s earliest inhabitants dwelled […]
PITTSBURGH — Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, part of the Senator John Heinz History Center family of museums, will open for its 2024 season on M
Over 50 years after excavation began at Meadowcroft rockshelter, it still ranks among the most remarkable sites of early human habitation in the Americas: an interview with archaeologist James Adovasio.
On today’s episode of The Confluence: The White House designated Pittsburgh one of five \“workforce hubs,\” but what does that actually mean for the region and what growth are we seeing in the manufacturing industry; it’s been 50 years since excavation began at the Meadowcroft Rockshelter, which identified Paleoindians living in the region 19,000 years ago; and for WESA’s Good Question! series, a look at how the community of Fairywood got its name.