The Paw Paw Cove Site is an archaeological site on the coast of Talbot County, Maryland. The site, first identified in 1979, is a complex of three locations on of shoreline on

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, at which stone artifacts with an estimated date of 11,500 to 10,500 BCE have been found. Among the finds are fluted projectile points and flakes created during the manufacture of such points. The site was listed on the

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in 2009. It is owned by Eastern Shore Land Conservancy.

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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Native American history of Maryland Talbot County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland {{TalbotCountyMD-NRHP-stub

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