• Cactus Hill is an archaeological site in southeastern Virginia, United States, located on sand dunes above the Nottoway River about 45 miles south of...
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  • radiometric dating. United States: Probable presence of humans at the Cactus Hill site in Virginia, where stone artefacts and possibly hearths dating to...
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    largest specimens are found in the Sonoran Desert. Some species of barrel cactus reach over 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height at maturity, and have been known to...
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    Cactus Club Cafe is a Canadian-owned chain of premium casual restaurants that originated in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The chain has since expanded...
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  • The Dirt Hills and neighbouring Cactus Hills, are an arcuate moraine and the largest glacial push in the world. The hills were formed during the deglaciation...
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    Opuntia (redirect from Prickly pear cactus)
    Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavorful fruit and...
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    Palm Island 0.55 km2 (140 acres) Cactus Hill (private island) Petit Saint Vincent 0.46 km2 (110 acres) Telescope Hill (private island) Tobago Cays 0.25 km2...
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    and sketches. Shortridge died in 1893. Belle Hunt was born in 1858, at Cactus Hill, Texas, near Decatur, Texas. She was the first child of European ancestry...
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    blade implements and several small, cylindrical polyhedral cores. At Cactus Hill in Virginia, similar points have been found, where they are dubbed as...
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    Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a U.S. national monument and UNESCO biosphere reserve located in extreme southern Arizona that shares a border with...
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    be re-examined. In particular, sites such as Cooper's Ferry in Idaho, Cactus Hill in Virginia, Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Pennsylvania, Bear Spirit Mountain...
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  • from intact buried deposits. As of 2005, only one other Clovis site (Cactus Hill) on the Atlantic Coastal Plain had been excavated. The hillside is a...
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    Peyote (redirect from Peyote cactus)
    wɪliˈæmziaɪ/) is a small, spineless cactus which contains psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline (see also: cactus alkaloids). Peyote is a Spanish...
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  • has evidence of occupancy dating back from 16,000 to 19,000 years ago. Cactus Hill in southern Virginia, with artifacts such as unfluted bifacial stone...
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  • of sand deposits related to late Pleistocene human occupation at the Cactus Hill Site, Virginia, USA". Quaternary Geochronology. 1 (3): 167–187. Bibcode:2006QuGeo...
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    Chevalier Point, Atlantic Beach, Conch Bay 0.46 80 2.16 Palm Island Cactus Hill Sunset Grill Beach, North Beach 0.54 30 2.17 Other Islands Catholic Island...
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    the Greater Richmond Region. Native Americans may have settled near Cactus Hill along the Nottoway River as long as 10,000 years ago. This area later...
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    Stenocereus thurberi, the organ pipe cactus, is a species of cactus native to Mexico and the United States. The species is found in rocky desert. Two subspecies...
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    of the Americas and by extension the American Southeast took place. Cactus Hill near Richmond, Virginia may be one of the oldest archaeological sites...
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  • state capital. The name derives from Náhuatl meaning "on nopal (paddle cactus) hill". It was originally called "Santa María de la Asunción Nopaltepec" but...
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    North America. Archaeology of the Americas Buttermilk Creek Complex Cactus Hill Cooper's Ferry site Meadowcroft Rockshelter Monte Verde Paisley Caves...
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  • Page-Ladson site, where points resembling pre-Clovis points found at Cactus Hill have been recovered from deposits dated to 14,588 to 14,245 calibrated...
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    The cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) is a species of wren that is endemic to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern and...
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  • when they first arrived. In 1856, he purchased 320 acres of land near Cactus Hill, and moved his family there. He later purchased more land on Denton Creek...
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    Shelter (Pennsylvania) Topper (South Carolina) Page-Ladson (Florida) Cactus Hill (Virginia) The Schaefer and Hebior mammoth sites in Kenosha County, Wisconsin...
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  • excavations at Cactus Hill, however, have challenged those dates with hard evidence of far earlier habitation within the state. The Cactus Hill site is located...
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    The Cactus to Clouds Trail (C2C) is a hiking route in California. It begins in Palm Springs, California, and ascends to San Jacinto Peak. With a net elevation...
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    Creek, Virginia List of rivers of the Americas List of Virginia rivers Cactus Hill U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nottoway...
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    flooding. Native vegetation in the region includes various yucca, prickly pear cactus, desert spoon, and wildflowers in the Llano Uplift. The predominant trees...
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    assemblages. Such sites as Gault and the nearby Friedkin sites in Texas, Cactus Hill in Virginia, and Paisley Cave in Oregon are notable. All of them are...
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