Laurel Run Rockshelter

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Laurel Run Rockshelter


U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Nearest city
Coe, West Virginia
Area
less than one acre
MPS
Rockshelters on the Gauley Ranger District, Monongahela National Forest MPS
NRHP reference #
93000491[1]
Added to NRHP
June 3, 1993

Laurel Run Rockshelter is a historic archaeological site located near Coe, Webster County, West Virginia. It is one of a number of prehistoric rock shelters on the Gauley Ranger District, Monongahela National Forest, that are known to have been utilized prehistorically from the Middle Archaic through the Late Woodland period, c. 6000 B.C.-1200 A.D. There are some indications that the Laurel Run rock shelter may have been utilized during the Early Archaic period, c. 8000-6000 B. C.[2]


It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]



References





  1. ^ ab National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 


  2. ^ Anne M. Jensen (January 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rockshelters on the Gauley Ranger District, Monongahela National Forest" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 








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