Flint Run Archeological District

Address Restricted, Front Royal, Virginia. County/parish: Warren.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 22, 1976. NRIS 76002125.

34 contributing sites. 16 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Flint Run Complex
  • Thunderbird

From Wikipedia:

Flint Run Archeological District

Flint Run Archeological District, also known as the Flint Run Complex, is a historic archaeological site complex and national historic district located near Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. The district consists of a group of Clovis sites clustered around a jasper outcrop in the Shenandoah Valley. They relate to a group of between 500 and 1000 people who occupied the site about 8300 BCE. Archaeological excavations reveal habitations and stone tool workshops.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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