Meadowcroft Rockshelter
The Meadowcroft Rockshelter is an archaeological site which is located near Avella in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania. The site is a rock shelter in a bluff overlooking Cross Creek, and contains evidence that the area may have been continually inhabited for at least 16,000 years and up to 19,000 years.Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life” and “Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include P and W Patch and Avella.
P and W Patch
Hamlet
Avella is a census-designated place in Independence Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Avella had a population of 782. It is located at 40.27° north & 80.45° west. P and W Patch is situated 1½ miles southeast of Meadowcroft Rockshelter.
Avella
Hamlet
Avella is a census-designated place in Independence Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Avella had a population of 782. It is located at 40.27° north & 80.45° west. Avella is situated 2 miles southeast of Meadowcroft Rockshelter.
Virginville
Hamlet
Virginville is an unincorporated community in Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. Virginville is located near the Pennsylvania border, 4.5 miles southeast of Follansbee. Virginville is situated 2 miles west of Meadowcroft Rockshelter.
Meadowcroft Rockshelter
- Categories: rock shelter, museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Jefferson Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.28618° or 40° 17′ 10″ northLongitude
-80.49063° or 80° 29′ 26″ westOpen location code
86GX7GP5+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 7096701030OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1896118
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Meadowcroft Rockshelter” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅多克罗夫特岩棚”
- Chinese: “梅多克羅夫特岩棚”
- Dutch: “Meadowcroft Rockshelter”
- French: “Meadowcroft”
- German: “Meadowcroft”
- Hebrew: “מדואוקרופט רוקשלטר”
- Italian: “Meadowcroft Rockshelter”
- Polish: “Meadowcroft”
- Portuguese: “sitio Meadowroft”
- Russian: “Медоукрофт”
- Russian: “Мидоукрофт”
- Spanish: “Meadowcroft Rockshelter”
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