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  2. Grave Creek Mound - Wikipedia

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    The Grave Creek Mound in the Ohio River Valley in West Virginia is one of the largest conical-type burial mounds in the United States, now standing 62 feet (19 m) high and 240 feet (73 m) in diameter. [3] The builders of the site, members of the Adena culture, moved more than 60,000 tons of dirt to create it about 250–150 BC.

  3. History and mystery merge at former West Virginia ... - AOL

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    Nov. 5—Explore a Gothic-style fortress, prehistoric burial ground and more with a day­cation trip to Moundsville, W.Va. Sitting about 70 miles south of Pittsburgh, Moundsville is tucked along ...

  4. Prehistory of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville, 250–150 BCE [40] St. Albans Site (46KA27), Kanawha County [44] Turkey Creek Mound (46PU2), Putnam County; Goff Mound, Harrison County; Lynden Reynolds Farm Mound, Pleasants County; St Mary's Mound, Pleasants County; The Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville is the largest mound in the state and was once surrounded ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Marshall ...

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    Location of Marshall County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Marshall County, West Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National ...

  6. Grave Creek Stone - Wikipedia

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    The Grave Creek Stone is a small sandstone disk inscribed on one side with some twenty-five characters, purportedly discovered in 1838 at Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville, West Virginia. If genuine, it could provide evidence of Pre-Columbian writing, but the discovery that the characters can be found in a 1752 book suggests that it is probably ...

  7. Adena culture - Wikipedia

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    Ohio's second largest conical burial mound, it is believed to have been built by the Adena. Grave Creek Mound: At 62 feet (19 m) high and 240 feet (73 m) in diameter, it is one of the largest conical-type burial mounds in the United States. It is located in Moundsville, West Virginia. In 1838, much of the archaeological evidence in this mound ...

  8. List of Adena culture sites - Wikipedia

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    Grave Creek Mound: At 69 feet (21 m) high and 295 feet (90 m) in diameter, is the largest conical-type burial mound in the United States. It is located in Moundsville, West Virginia. In 1838, much of the archaeological evidence in this mound was destroyed when several non-archaeologists tunneled into the mound. [4] Great Mound

  9. List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia

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    Grave Creek Mound: Grave Creek Mound. July 19, 1964 : Moundsville Marshall: The United States' largest cone-shaped burial mound, 62 feet (19 m) tall, 240 feet (73 m ...