La Grange Rock Shelter
La Grange Rock Shelter | |
| Nearest city | Leighton, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000406[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 13, 1974 |
The La Grange Rock Shelter is an archaeological site near Leighton in Colbert County, Alabama. The rock shelter is located near the original campus of La Grange College, today located in Florence and known as the University of North Alabama. It extends 70 feet long by 15 feet deep (21 by 4.5 m) beneath an outcrop of sandstone. An excavation of the site in 1972 revealed charcoal samples that were radiocarbon dated to ~11,280 years old, placing estimates of the site's habitation in the Paleo-Indian Period. At the time of the discovery, only one other site east of the Mississippi River had been dated to that age.[2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ Floyd, W. Warner (December 7, 1973). "La Grange Rock Shelter". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service.
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- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
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- Paleo-Indian archaeological sites in the United States
- Rock shelters in the United States
- Former populated places in Alabama
- Native American history of Alabama
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