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The Discovery of the Miller Lanceolate
Meadowcroft Rockshelter in 1973 prior to excavation. In June 1973, a multidisciplinary team of University of Pittsburgh students and faculty led by Dr. James Adovasio first arrived at the…
Portrait of a Frontiersman: James Smith
Of those captured by Indians in the 18th century, none was better adapted to life on the frontier than James Smith. Captured at the age of 18 while working on…
It’s Not Your Average Weekend
Demonstrator Dana Knezevich shows visitors how to process plants into fibers for cordage. Participants are set, additional overflow parking lots are ready, and final preparations are being made – Meadowcroft…
How do they do it?: Recreating and Maintaining a Prehistoric Indian Village
From approximately 1050 to 1650, the Monongahela Indians sought out suitable ridges, saddles, and knobs among the Upper Ohio and Monongahela River drainages to establish their villages. Never the site…