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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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Where was the first documented archeological excavation in West Virginia?
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Which of the following was NOT a West Virginia archeologist?
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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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Where do archeologists believe the earliest prehistoric cultures in present West Virginia originally came from?
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Before European settlement, which tribe was likely the largest in what would become the U.S. Southeast?
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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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Which one of the following has NOT been built on or into the South Charleston Mound?
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Which one of the following was a major new development of the Late Prehistoric Period (A.D. 1200-1550)?
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The capture of this person by Shawnees helped prompt Andrew Lewis's disastrous Sandy Creek Expedition.
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