Charity Moore

Charity Moore is a director and social-media manager with the Council for West Virginia Archaeology. A Pennsylvania native who received her graduate degree in England, she is employed by a West Virginia environmental consulting firm and is passionate about researching the archaeology of her new home state. Please message her at https://www.facebook.com/CWVArchaeology.

Archaeologists debunk myth of prehistoric giants in West Virginia

History / Prehistory Charity Moore - June 27, 2024

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — After learning about my series of articles on West Virginia prehistory in West Virginia Explorer Magazine, Olivia...

Prehistoric West Virginia was never a so-called uninhabited hunting ground

History / Prehistory Charity Moore - March 3, 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When I moved to West Virginia in 2013, just out of grad school and anxious to...

Think you've found an archaeological site in W.Va.? Here's what to do next.

Landmarks / Museums Charity Moore - December 17, 2023

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some of the most common requests fielded by the Council for West Virginia Archaeology come from...

Three little-known facts about West Virginia's moundbuilders

History / Prehistory Charity Moore - August 9, 2022

The term “moundbuilder” is often used to describe two ancient cultures that archaeologists now know as the Adena and...

Some mysterious W.Va. rock features may have sacred origins

Landmarks / Museums Charity Moore - February 9, 2022

Editor's Note: If you're familiar with the outdoors in West Virginia, you've likely seen rocks piled in what might...

Obscure building at prehistoric mound boasts curious history

Landmarks / Museums Charity Moore - October 28, 2019

When tourists arrive in Moundsville, West Virginia, they often come to see the massive Grave Creek Adena burial mound...

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