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Tomahawk – named after the eponymous Native American weapon. Tuckahoe; Viropa; Wahoo; Waneta; Wappocomo; Watoga – from the Cherokee word for "starry waters." [1] Watoga State Park; Weyanoke; Winona (Taylor County) Winona (Fayette County) Wyco; Wyoma; Yukon – named after the eponymous Alaska river.
The Buffalo Indian Village Site is an archaeological site located near Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River in the United States. This site sits atop a high terrace on the eastern bank of the Kanawha River and was once home to a variety of Native American villages including the Archaic, Middle Woodland and Fort Ancient cultures of this region.
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.
Pages in category "West Virginia placenames of Native American origin" The following 111 pages are in this category, out of 111 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Grave Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [1] Grave Creek was named for a nearby Native American burial site known as the Grave Creek Mound. [2] See ...
A 35-foot-high (11 m) and 175-foot-diameter (53 m) conical mound, is the second largest of its type in West Virginia. It is located in South Charleston, West Virginia. P. W. Norris of the Smithsonian Institution oversaw the excavation. His team discovered numerous skeletons along with weapons and jewelry. [4] Dayton Power and Light Company Mound
South Charleston, West Virginia: 250 to 150 BCE Adena culture: Located in South Charleston, West Virginia, the mound lies equidistant between two "sacred circles", earthwork enclosures each 556 feet (169 m) in diameter. It was originally 33 feet (10 m) high and 173 feet (53 m) in diameter at the base, making it the second-largest such burial ...
The Criel Mound, also known as the South Charleston Mound, is a Native American burial mound located in South Charleston, West Virginia.It is one of the few surviving mounds of the Kanawha Valley Mounds that were probably built in the Woodland period after 500 B.C. [2] The mound was built by the Adena culture, probably around 250–150 BC, [citation needed] and lay equidistant between two ...