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5500 BCE
MesoAmerica Farming
The people of Mesoamerica began farming: maize (or corn), beans, and squash. -
Period: 3000 BCE to 1000
The Woodland Period
The Woodland period is an archaeological classification of Native American cultures of North America prior to European contact. -
999 BCE
Adena Moundbuilders
Adena Moundbuilders developed small communities and built large burial mounds. The Adena Moundbuilders lived in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and parts of Pennsylvania and New York. They built burial mounds that are still in existence today. -
Period: 250 BCE to 150 BCE
Grave Creek Mound built in Moundsville, WV
Grave Creek mound was created during the Woodland time period (late Adena Period around 1000 BC to about 1 AD). The Mound was built over hundreds of years. -
Period: 250 to 900
Mayan Civilization Classical Period
Mayan Civilization in Mexico and Mesoamerica -
1150
Temple in Chichen Itza Built by the Mayan
Chichen Itza has tens of buildings, but when people think of this site, they always think of The Castle, The Sacred Cenote, The Great Ball Court, and of course, the Temple of the Warriors. -
1325
Aztec settle Texcoco
The Aztecs built their capital Tenochtitlan. They connected the island to the surrounding land with roads and bridges. -
Joseph Tomilison found the Grave Creek Mound while hunting
In 1773, Joseph Tomlinson was the first recorded European to discover its location. -
Merriweather Louis wrote about the Grave Creek Mound on his way to explore the Louisianna Purchase
In 1803, the explorer Merriweather Lewis visited the mound and wrote: “This remarkable mound of [earth] stands on the east bank of the Ohio [river]…this mound gives name to two small creeks called little and big grave creek.”
