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Prehistory and Indians

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Which city has a cemetery named after a burial mound within its boundaries?
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The Clover Archeological Site in this county is one of the most signicant Late Prehistoric/Protohistoric villages ever found in West Virginia?
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What current road follows the approximate path of the prehistoric Kanawha, or Buffalo, Trail?
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What current road follows the approximate path of the prehistoric Seneca Trail?
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Archeologists believe almost no Indian tribes were living in present West Virginia by this century.
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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 of the following is NOT associated with the Late Archaic period (3000-1000 B.C.)?
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Which one of the following is NOT associated with the Early Woodland period (1000-200 B.C.)?
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What city was attacked twice by the British and their Indian allies during the Revolutionary War?
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Which of the following was NOT noted for fighting and killing Indians on the Western Virginia frontier?
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