Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, a National Historic Landmark located in Avella, Pennsylvania (USA), reopened last 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. 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.
     To learn more about Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, please visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org and click on the Meadowcroft tab.

Source: Examiner.com (1 May 2010)