Potomac Gorge

ID: 5280 ~ Source: Library of Congress ~ Creator: Detroit Publishing Company ~ Date: 1901

This file appears in: Potomac Palisades Archaeological Site: Archaeologists dated the site to the Late Archaic period.

A photograph of Potomac Gorge, which is located nearby to the archaeological site found at Potomac Palisades. The tall, rough rocks create small waterfalls along this part of the river.

This file appears in: Potomac Palisades Archaeological Site: Archaeologists dated the site to the Late Archaic period.

Potomac Palisades Archaeological Site: Archaeologists dated the site to the Late Archaic period.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Discovered in 1981 by Thunderbird Research Corporation as part of an environmental study, the archaeological site holds evidence of prehistoric tool manufacturing. Materials discovered at the site…