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The Grave Creek Mound is a well known remnant of West Virginia' Native American prehistory. However, for most people interested in prehistory,they may not realize that fossil specimens from the Northern Panhandle and Upper Ohio River Valley laid the foundation for the study of America's Deep Antiquity. Many of the 19th Century scientists were employed by the emerging fossil fuel industries when they made their discoveries of the Permian animals and plants. While the Valley's geology kept the scientists returning, they made other discoveries related to the Ice Age. For example, they arrived at the conclusion that the Ohio River had been an evolving geographical feature. It was covered by an ocean, was a swamp, then a series of independent lakes, then a massive lake until a mysterious, catastrophic event caused a sudden drainage, which created the "unified" river we know today.
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The Grave Creek Mound is a well known remnant of West Virginia' Native American prehistory. However, for most people interested in prehistory,they may not realize that fossil specimens from the Northern Panhandle and Upper Ohio River Valley laid the foundation for the study of America's Deep Antiquity. Many of the 19th Century scientists were employed by the emerging fossil fuel industries when they made their discoveries of the Permian animals and plants. While the Valley's geology kept the scientists returning, they made other discoveries related to the Ice Age. For example, they arrived at the conclusion that the Ohio River had been an evolving geographical feature. It was covered by an ocean, was a swamp, then a series of independent lakes, then a massive lake until a mysterious, catastrophic event caused a sudden drainage, which created the "unified" river we know today.
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