The Meadowcroft Rockshelter is an archaeological site which is located near Avella in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania. The site is a rock shelter in a bluff overlooking Cross Creek, and contains evidence that the area may have been continually inhabited for more than 19,000 years. If accurately dated, it would be one of the earliest known sites with evidence of a human presence and continuous human occupation in the New World.
Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Inside the shelter
The groundhog, also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots.
The groundhog is a lowland creature of North America; it is found through much of the Eastern United States, across Canada and into Alaska.
It was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
Groundhog
Groundhogs stand on their hind legs to watch for predators.
Groundhog displaying its incisors
Groundhogs can climb trees to escape predators.