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This list of the prehistoric life of West Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of ...
This list of the Paleozoic life of West Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of West Virginia and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
Both antler and bone lithic making tools are also commonly found among prehistoric West Virginia sites. Using a similar flaking technique, the lighter Caraway Triangular point dominates at the time when the incised rattlesnake gorgets influence from northwest Tennessee and southwest Virginia are found in several burials at site 31SK15. [130]
There are listings in every one of West Virginia's 55 counties. Listings range from prehistoric sites such as Grave Creek Mound, to Cool Spring Farm in the state's eastern panhandle, one of the state's first homesteads, to relatively newer, yet still historical, residences and commercial districts.
Paleontology in West Virginia refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of West Virginia. West Virginia's fossil record begins in the Cambrian . From that time through the rest of the early Paleozoic , the state was at least partially submerged under a shallow sea.
The Clover site (46CB40) is a Fort Ancient culture archeological site located near Lesage in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. It is significant for its well-preserved remains of a late prehistoric/ protohistoric Native American village.
West Virginia portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Archaeological sites in West Virginia . This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of West Virginia , in the United States .
Grave Creek mound was created during the Woodland time period (late Adena Period around 1000 BC to about 1 AD). The people who lived in West Virginia during this time are among those groups classified as Mound Builders. This particular tumulus or burial mound was built in successive stages over a period of a hundred years.