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Prehistory and Indians

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Which prehistoric culture is associated with petroglyphs?
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What county has the largest conical earthen burial mound in North America?
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Many prehistoric trails later evolved into what?
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What current road follows the approximate path of the prehistoric Kanawha, or Buffalo, Trail?
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Archeologists believe almost no Indian tribes were living in present West Virginia by this century.
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Mingo Indians were most closely associated with what group?
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During the Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric periods, what culture resided in the northernmost part of present West Virginia?
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What destroyed the prehistoric stone walls on Mount Carbon in Fayette County?
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What are prehistoric images pecked or carved on rocks called?
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What 1756 French & Indian War mission led by Andrew Lewis to destroy Shawnee villages in Ohio ended in near disaster in present southern West Virginia?
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