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Prehistory and Indians

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Which prehistoric culture built burial mounds across present West Virginia?
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A major archeology site, excavated in this county in the 1960s, covers at least four time periods: Late Archaic (B.C. 4000-1000), Middle Woodland (A.D. 390-530), and Fort Ancient (A.D. 1300-1600).
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The Fort Ancient culture was located south of what current city?
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What was the earliest known prehistoric culture to occupy what is now West Virginia?
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Who ordered a line of forts to be built along the Allegheny Ridge to defend against Indian attacks during the French & Indian War?
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The Battle of Point Pleasant, pitting Virginia militia against Shawnees, was the only battle of what war?
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Most archeologists think prehistoric cultures created the Luther Elkins Site petroglyphs in this county, as opposed to a largely discredited theory they depict Christian writings by 6th-century Irish monks.
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Which one of the following is NOT associated with the Middle Archaic period (6000-3000 B.C.)?
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In addition to disease, what is the main reason virtually no Indians lived in present West Virginia when European-Americans began settling?
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What city was attacked twice by the British and their Indian allies during the Revolutionary War?
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