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Mississippian life left an abundant fossil record in Kentucky. Life of that time period included abundant bryozoans and corals, a diverse variety of crinoids and some conodonts. [5] The Mississippian carbonates of southern Kentucky are also very rich in fossils. [3] The rich flora of Kentucky's Late Mississippian swamps left behind many fossils ...
Many of the structures were destroyed and rebuilt, some in a slightly different orientation, as evidenced by the photos showing post-hole locations and overlapping wall borders and trenches. A total of seven flat-topped earthen mounds were uncovered, of which six were located on the terrace overlooking Jonathan Creek and the seventh was located ...
The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...
Beyond its history as the 'Dark and Bloody Ground,' Kentucky has a long, rich history of indigenous people living here.
Life restoration of the Early Ordovician-Silurian trilobite Bumastus †Bumastus †Calamites †Calamites cistii †Calamites undulatus †Callixylon †Calyptaulax †Camarotoechia †Camarotoechia mutata †Cameroceras †Cartersoceras †Ceratopsis †Ceraurus †Chasmatopora †Chonetes
The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that started during the latter end of the early Woodland Period (1000 to 200 BCE) . The Adena culture existed from 500 BC into the First Century CE [ 1 ] and refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system.
The Fort Ancient culture is a Native American archaeological culture that dates back to c. 1000–1750 CE. [1] Members of the culture lived along the Ohio River valley, in an area running from modern-day Ohio and western West Virginia through to northern Kentucky and parts of southeastern Indiana . [ 2 ]
On August 29, 1911 Ishi, generally considered to have been the last Native American to live most of his life without contact with European American culture, was discovered near Oroville, California after a forest fire drove him from nearby mountains. He was the last of his tribe, the rest having been massacred by a party of White "Indian ...