Near Core in Monongalia County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
Aerial View - Dunkard Creek, Mason-Dixon Historical Park, and Monongahela Village Site
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 23, 2024
1. Aerial View - Dunkard Creek, Mason-Dixon Historical Park, and Monongahela Village Site Marker
In a plowed field in 1962, circles of darkened soil indicate the location of a late prehistoric Monongahela village, across Buckeye Road from the Park.
West Virginia Geologic Survey investigated the site and two others on the same property, and site numbers were assigned to them.
Postmolds were found where shelters and stockade had been built. Principal sites of the Monongahela Culture in western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia have been found in the Monongahela River Valley. Many circular villages have been found of 1 to 2 acres in size, usually stockaded. Small circular huts lined the inside of the palisade.
Houses were of pole and bark construction, dome-shaped, frequently with attached "pear- shaped" pits, probably storage bins. Burials were in pits within the village area.
Artifacts of flint, stone, copper, bone, and pottery were found at this site.
Robert L. Pyle, Archaeologist (304-296-7221)
Sites 46-Mg-18 (mound), 46-Mg-20 (large village/circle), 46-Mg-21 (village)
Across Route 39 from Mason-Dixon Historical Park
Photo taken 1960s
Erected by Mason-Dixon Historical Park.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology
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Location. 39° 42.908′ N, 80° 6.882′ W. Marker is near Core, West Virginia, in Monongalia County. It is on Buckeye Road (County Route 39) 0.2 miles east of Mason Dixon Highway (West Virginia Route 7), on the left when traveling east. Marker is located in Mason Dixon Historical Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 81 Buckeye Road, Maidsville WV 26541, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Central West Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shanks Mill (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); History of the Mason-Dixon Survey and Historical Park (about 500 feet away); Walking in the Footsteps of History (about 600 feet away); Border Heroine (approx. Ό mile away); a different marker also named Catawba War Path (approx. half a mile away); Price Memorial Cemetery (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Statler's Fort (approx. 1.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Core.
Other markers no longer nearby. Catawba War Path (was about 600 feet away but has been confirmed missing); Statler's Fort (was approx. 1.2 miles away but has been permanently removed).
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 23, 2024
2. Aerial View - Dunkard Creek, Mason-Dixon Historical Park, and Monongahela Village Site Marker
Archaeology site was across the road in the distance.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 546 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 24, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
