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Somewhere north of Charlottesville, along the Rivanna River, sits a burial mound whose exact location is no longer known. In 1784, Thomas Jefferson excavated it — systematically, with documented questions, with published results. That work, written up in his *Notes on the State of Virginia*, is considered the first scientific archaeological dig in the United States. The site is not publicly accessible.
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- ·Coordinates approximate; not a publicly accessible site. Jefferson's excavation is considered one of the earliest scientific archaeological digs in America.
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