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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Grave Creek Mound
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 71.321 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Mid Atlantic Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Moundsville
Latitude: 39.916920N  Longitude: 80.744722W
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eforrest25 visited on 21st Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 The mound is impressive by any standards and a good introduction to the ancient sites further west and south.

Grave Creek Mound
Grave Creek Mound submitted by eforrest25 : Grave Creek Mound is an example of a burial mound built by the Adena people approximately 2000 years ago. It was originally 69 feet high and 295 feet in diameter. There is a good little museum adjacent which allows access to the grounds and provides information on this and other Adena mounts in West Virginia and surrounding area. When looking for this mound, just go to downtown Moundsville, WV.... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burial Mound in Marshall County, West Virginia.
Grave Creek Mound is the largest conical burial mound in the United States. It is 62 feet high and 240 feet in diameter at the base. The mound was built and enlarged with successive burials between 250 and 150 BC. Both the mound itself and finds within it are associated with the Adena culture.

Amateur excavations caused considerable damage the archaeological record in the 1830's. Originally the mound was the largest component of a group of structures that seems to have included stone towers [cairns] on surrounding hills. The other sites are almost entirely absent, destroyed or buried under the modern town.

The associated museum onsite describes the finds from study and excavation of the mound and provides information about the now lost original structures. The mound is somewhat infamous for the now lost Grave Creek stone tablet, inscribed with symbols.

Web sites describing the site and the associated museum are West Virginia Culture and the Marshall County tourism website.
For a dispassionate statement about the “tablet” see McCulloch's Archaeological Outliers website.

Note: Archaeology Lab for children at the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex from 2-4 p.m. March 22, see latest comment
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Grave Creek Mound
Grave Creek Mound submitted by AKFisher : Not many people who have visited the Massive Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville, West Virginia are aware that there was a huge geometric earthwork formed into an octagon similar to the octagon at Newark, Ohio. It has interior mounds blocking all 8 points to the octagon just like the one in Newark. Image courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mound... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grave Creek Mound
Grave Creek Mound submitted by AKFisher : The "Grave Creek" Mound (West Virginia) tablet found in an 1838 excavation...it is considered to be a hoax by most archaeologists. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grave Creek Mound
Grave Creek Mound submitted by AKFisher : In the mid-1800s several stone towers were found along the Ohio River near Moundsville, West Virginia where the massive Grave Creek Mound is. This is an 1840s illustration by Schoolcraft of a stone tower on a mountain overlooking Moundsville. It is thought that they were used a lookout stations. Image courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mo... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Grave Creek Mound submitted by Flickr : Grave Creek Mound Image copyright: Bitmapped (Brian Powell), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Grave Creek Mound submitted by Flickr : DSC_5548 Image copyright: Bitmapped (Brian Powell), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Grave Creek Mound submitted by Flickr : Grave Creek Mound Image copyright: Bitmapped (Brian Powell), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Grave Creek Mound submitted by Flickr : View from Grave Creek Mound Image copyright: Bitmapped (Brian Powell), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Grave Creek Mound submitted by Flickr

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Grave Creek Mound submitted by Flickr : Grave Creek Mound Image copyright: Bitmapped (Brian Powell), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Grave Creek Mound submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing from "Mound Builders..." via archive.org

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Grave Creek Mound submitted by durhamnature : Old picture from "Prehistoric America; The Mound Builders" via archive.org

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Thursday, September 24, 2015, a talk about the Hyre Mound by Andy B on Monday, 21 September 2015
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Talk by Richie Rosencrance (Archaeologist and volunteer at the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex)

Located south of Huttonsville in Randolph county, the Hyre Mound dates to the Middle Woodland Period 300 BC – AD 600, specifically to the Armstrong culture (1-500 A.C.E.) It was excavated in 1963 by Bettye Broyles, but little about it has been studied until now. The mound is being rediscovered by using artifacts and records found at the GCMAC collection as well as a first-hand account from the local farmer who helped with the excavations
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Venue: Grave Creek Mound
Location: Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex

One of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History Upcoming Events:
http://www.wvculture.org/events.aspx

See also a list of 'other mounds'
http://www.wvculture.org/History/moundphot.html

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Re: Grave Creek Complex to Present Archaeology Lab for Children by Condros on Friday, 20 March 2009
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The city of Moundsville, which was formerly known as Elizabethtown, has an interesting map of what once comprised the Grave Creek complex. It's interesting to know that the many structures that served as Lunar, Solar, and Celestial markers have all but disappeared, Here's the link to what it once looked like;
http://neofoundation.org/gravecreek/schoolcraft10.jpg
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Grave Creek Complex to Present Archaeology Lab for Children by Andy B on Thursday, 19 March 2009
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An "Archaeology Lab Show-and-Tell" workshop has been scheduled for children at the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex from 2-4 p.m. March 22.

While the program is intended for students between the third and sixth grades, visitors of all ages are invited to attend.

Andrea Keller, cultural program coordinator, said participants will learn how archaeologists use clues such as stone tools, bone and bits of charcoal to study what life was like for West Virginia's prehistoric people. Actual artifacts found in West Virginia, as well as sample items, will be available for examination. Arrowheads, spear points and pieces of pottery will be on display.

Keller said this is the first time a workshop of this nature has been held at the Grave Creek Complex.

"It will help to show just exactly what archaeologists do," she said. "The big part of the story is not in the dig itself but what is done in the lab."

Students will be challenged to test their own observational skills by identifying a set of mystery artifacts. In addition they will be able to make a plaster cast of an artifact to take home. Keller said archaeologists often use casts of rare or fragile artifacts for museum exhibits, educational use or to send to colleagues who may wish to study a rare or unique item.

In addition students will be able to view exhibits that interpret the Adena people, who built Grave Creek Mound, and weather permitting, climb the stone steps to the top of the mound.

Pre-registration is required by calling the complex at 304-843-4128 ext. 202 or by e-mail at andrea.keller@wvculture.org. A small materials fee will be charged to ensure enough supplies for each participant. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

The Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex is operated by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. It features one of the largest and most famous burial mounds built by the prehistoric Adena people. It was constructed in successive stages from about 250-150 B.C. and required the movement of more than 60,000 tons of earth.

The complex is located at 801 Jefferson Ave., in Moundsville. Exhibits and displays in the museum interpret what is known about the lives of the Adena People and the construction of the mound. The museum is free and open to the public 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Access to the mound closes 30 minutes before the museum.

Source: The Intelligencer
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/521869.html?nav=510
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Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex Addition Opens Monday by bat400 on Saturday, 10 May 2008
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A $3.1 million facility is slated to hold its grand opening next week in Moundsville.

The new addition at the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex is a state-of-the-art building that will attract scientists from around the country to Marshall County.

Grave Creek officials said they have already received calls from people interested in studying at the new facility.

Grave Creek is where many of West Virginia’s artifacts are studied and stored. Officials said their equipment and storage methods were outdated until they received just over $3 million from the state Legislature and a grant.

The facility now features new storage and lab areas and the artifacts will be preserved much longer.

Officials said when the addition opens Monday, scientists will be able to visit the area and study artifacts that haven’t been looked at since they were excavated about 50 years ago. This new facility puts Moundsville on the cutting edge of archaeological studies.

From WTOV News, Wheeling West Virginia.
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Re: Ground Broken for Lab/Library/Curation at West Virginia Grave Creek Mound by Condros on Saturday, 28 April 2007
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Thanks for posting this, I just hope that while they are excavating for the new structure, that the builders will keep in mind the sacredness of the site itself. When one can see the many satellites that were once connected to the Grave Creek Mound, and the current condition of urban sprawl now surrounding it-to me it just reflects the patch work type of government that West Virginia has endured since the end of the Civil War. At least the current museum and staff have provided a magnificent display of what once existed, and the artifacts that were found speak of an advanced culture and are fantastic.
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Ground Broken for Lab/Library/Curation at West Virginia Grave Creek Mound by bat400 on Friday, 27 April 2007
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MOUNDSVILLE—West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin this morning, touted the historic Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville as a “treasure” for many to discover.

Manchin, Randall Reid-Smith, commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and other dignitaries held a formal groundbreaking for the new Grave Creek Mound Archaeology Complex today.

The new 9,600-square-foot addition, at the northeast corner of the Grave Creek Complex, will house the entire West Virginia archaeological collection. It also will feature a state-of-the art collections storage area, conservation laboratory for curators, study area for researchers, library, and observation area where the public can view the activity in the lab. The Grave Creek Mound is the largest conical type burial mound in the United States.

“This new wing at Grave Creek will provide a centralized location for the state’s archaeological collections,” said Reid-Smith. “We are excited to see the culmination of planning for the new addition which will accommodate both the current collection and its anticipated growth. Grave Creek will be the center of archaeological studies in West Virginia as well as the state’s premiere archaeological museum and tourist destination.” Construction is slated for completion in January 2008.

The concept of the new building began in 1996 when the state’s archaeological collection was transferred to Grave Creek. The project was publicly announced in September 2004.

For more, see the Wheeling WV Intelligencer article by A. Limann.
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