Hi Jim - The remains at Moundsville are covered in my book "Man and Impact in the Americas", and I have visited there several times, inclusing tracing the Grave Creek trade path. There was extensive Native American settlement in the entire area (map page 133 Man and Impact in the Americas).
Most of the mounds were pretty well leveled by 1894, excepting the Main mound. I have not visited the other mound which you mention still exists. I'm sure that maps from 1894 would show active European cemeteries. These could be compared against Schoolcraft's map. The area was also very heavily industrialized by 1894, so some industrial object can not be excluded. Perhaps a buisness directory or town directory or some such would allow identification of the individual in the initials. Check with the genealogical section of the library in Moundsville. (PS - They have a copy of my book, available for free loan.) As I mentioned before, I've never seen anything like it. The WVA archaeologists someimes meet at the museum at the big mound, so you could stop by there and check when they will be meeting. Or you might try contacting them through the internet. What material is the object composed of? Ed --- Jim Strope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ed.......... > > I don't know how to take the name "grave digger". I > am guessing that is a > polite way of saying that he dug into indian burrial > mounds in the area. > The initials, I am guessing, are of the finder > since the 1894 corresponds > to the year that it was supposedly found. There are > no river rocks like > that in this area. However, it has been suggested > by another list member > that it could be transported glacial rock. The > glaciers stopped their > advance along a line in Northern Ohio which is > probably about 100 miles > north of where this was found.........Moundsville > WV. There were several adena > burial mounds in this area. Still are two. > > Jim Strope > 421 Fourth Street > Glen Dale, WV 26038 > > http://www.catchafallingstar.com > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
