Prehistory

Welcome to the Prehistory news category at West Virginia Explorer, where you’ll find news and discussion of West Virginia in its prehistoric and protohistoric periods.

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Archaeologists agree the Luther Elkins Petroglyph at Lynco in Wyoming County is of native origin, not European.

Archaeologists: carvings in W.Va. of native origin, not Irish

David Sibray - January 22, 2019

Images of beasts and men decorate a boulder at the Half-Moon archaeological site, now submerged beneath the Ohio River.

Strange carvings greeted early West Virginia explorers

A historic marker along U.S. 60 promotes the location of the Mount Carbon Walls.

Ancient walls on Armstrong Mountain: more than an old-timer’s tale

Legend of “Painted Trees” and Indian warpath based on truth

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David Sibray - March 26, 2014

Editor surveys Shawnee Park Mound near Dunbar, West Virginia

Burial mounds, mysterious carvings, inexplicable stone walls -- relics of the prehistoric past are found throughout West Virginia, but perhaps too few people know...