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Archaeological sites on the
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385:Foss, Robert Ward.
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281:stone tools
271:Big Meadows
171: /
147:Coordinates
133:Big Meadows
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1154:Waynesboro
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1106:Petersburg
1001:Chesapeake
981:Alexandria
927:Washington
882:Shenandoah
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862:Rockbridge
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707:James City
652:Gloucester
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502:Appomattox
389:. Thesis
329:References
159:78°25′46″W
156:38°30′58″N
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470:by county
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205:VLR
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557:Caroline
552:Campbell
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299:and one
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687:Henrico
682:Hanover
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617:Fairfax
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522:Bedford
512:Augusta
497:Amherst
414:June 5,
393:, 1977.
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