History
Near Sandy Springs in southern Ohio, the Adams County Paleo-Indian District preserves one of the state’s most important records of very early human occupation. Dating to about 10,000 years before present, the 175-acre site shows repeated Paleo-Indian visits focused around salt springs that attracted game. Archaeologists believe several small middens mark individual campsites, making the district especially valuable for studying repeated use of a broader landscape rather than isolated finds. Excavations have uncovered gravers, scrapers, and more than seventy fluted projectile points reported by 1982, identified by some as Clovis and by others as Gainey. Its size, complexity, and still-unexplored areas make it a rare and important Paleo-Indian site in Ohio.
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