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In many of the ancient burial mounds of West Virginia, a number of “giants” have been found, as well as other places in the state.
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One Adena mound in Moundsville, West Virginia, was more than sixty-seven feet high. Near the burial mounds, the Adena people built large earthen ... RA Birmingham,LE Eisenberg - 《Michigan Historical Review》 被引量: 30发表: 2000年 Chronic Respiratory Disease in Mining Communities in Marion ...
Geomorphic setting and stratigraphy of Cotiga Mound, Mingo County, West VirginiaCotiga Mound, a 2100-year-old Woodland burial mound, was constructed on a mid-Holocene terrace along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River. The terrace is the only stable, level landscape in the area. The intact...
West Virginia, a state of the American Union, bounded on the northeast by Pennsylvania and Maryland, on the northwest by Ohio, on the southeast and south by Virginia and on the southwest by Kentucky; it is situated between latitude 37° 36′ and 40° 38′ N., and between the meridians ...
In 1838 excavations began at the Grave Creek Mound, one of the largest conical mounds in the U. S. Among the relics recovered from two burial chambers is the famous Grave Creek Stone, on which are markings that scientists and students of ancient languages have never been able to explain. ...
The Camden Park Mound at Camden Park in Huntington, West Virginia, in Cabell County, is an Adena burial mound located near the mouth of Twelvepole Creek.
Pit graves and burial mounds provide evidence of extensive prehistoric settlement in the historic county of West Lothian. The Antonine Wall, which the Romans built in the 2nd century ce between the Firth of Forth in the east and the River Clyde in the west, had its eastern termination at Br...