The Williamson Site (44DW1) was recently re-examined after a seventeen-year cessation of its investigation. Williamson is a well known, highly investigated, quarry-related Paleoindian/Early Archaic site located in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Situated at the northern end of the site is a hillside and creek where primary and secondary sources of cryptocrystalline material are thought to exist. Past investigations have demonstrated that the hillside contains undisturbed artifact deposits dating to the Paleoindian Period (ca. 9,200–8,000 B.C.). The hillside is also where recent excavations were completed. This article presents some of the results of this recent examination.
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