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16,000 year old Meadowcroft Rockshelter and historic village reopens today

Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, a National Historic Landmark located in Avella, Pa., Washington County, reopens Saturday, May 1.

Meadowcroft features a 16,000-year-old Rockshelter, the oldest site of human habitation in North America, that provides ancient evidence of how the first Americans lived. Photo at left provided by Senator John Heinz History Center.

The new enclosure at Meadowcroft Rockshelter provides visitors with a unique, never-before-seen perspective into the oldest and deepest parts of this internationally-renowned archeological excavation....
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