WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia Archaeology Month
West Virginia Archaeology Month usually takes place in October and features many educational activities for the public. For more information, visit the West Virginia Division of Culture and History's Web site at: www.wvculture.org.

Fort Edwards is one of the many forts that guarded Virginia’s settlers from the French and their Indian allies. Explore the fort and its wide variety of excavated artifacts to learn more about what life was like in and around the fort in the 1700s. For more information, visit: www.fortedwards.org/ftedhome.htm

Delf Norona Museum at the Grave Creek Mound Historic Site
The heart of the Grave Creek Mound Historic site is probably the most famous and largest of the Adena Burial mounds. A massive undertaking, the total effort required moving more than 60,000 tons of earth. Artifacts and exhibits interpreting the lifestyle of the Adena people are displayed in the Delf Norona Museum, which is adjacent to the 2,000-year-old mound. For more information, call 304-843-4128, or visit: www.wvculture.org/sites/gravecreek.html.

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