Grave Creek Mound
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grave-creek-mound-271-4239887
title:
Grave Creek Mound
text:
The Grave Creek Mound in the Ohio River Valley in West Virginia is one of the largest conical-type burial mounds in the United States, now standing 62 feet (19 m) high and 240 feet (73 m) in diameter. The builders of the site, members of the Adena culture, moved more than 60,000 tons of dirt to create it about 250–150 BC. Present-day Moundsville has developed around it near the banks of the Ohio River. The first recorded excavation of the mound took place in 1838, and was conducted by local amat
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
United States historic place
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_Creek_Mound
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date modified:
2023-09-08T00:47:33Z
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13
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15