<p>As far as paleontology, the land Pitt owns in Wyoming that was mentioned above is the Allen Cook Spring Creek Preserve, which is 4,700 acres of what is one of the most dinosaur fossil-rich preserves in the world. See stories about it here in [Washington</a> Post](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800983.html]Washington”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800983.html) and [Pittsburgh</a> Post-Gazette](<a href=“http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07175/796785-115.stm]Pittsburgh”>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07175/796785-115.stm). The Carnegie Museum, essentially on Pitt’s campus, has the the world’s largest collection of Jurassic dinosaurs and the third largest collection of mounted, displayed dinosaurs in the United States. It has a very active paleontology department that is closely affiliated with the university (many adjunct appointments and vice versa). </p>
<p>Perhaps the most famous, and important site, was the excavation of the [Meadowcroft</a> Rockshelter](<a href=“http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/meadowcroft.aspx]Meadowcroft”>http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/meadowcroft.aspx) by Pitt archeologists (although now the research is continued by Mercyhurst College in Erie as the archeologist who led the excavation at Pitt now resides there as it is geographically closer). The site is important because if its dating to 16,000 to 19,000 years old is correct, it pre-Clovis era and possibly the oldest known Native American site.</p>