National Anthropological Archives

MS 4342 Letters relating to West Virginia archaeology

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4342
Creators:
Olafson, Sigfus
Solecki, Ralph S.
Dates:
August 29, 1949
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
3 Pages
2 Drawings
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Gives detailed information regarding archeological sites in various parts of West Virginia, including area about 60 miles northwest of the Bluestone site; Coal River area, Boone County; at the head of Elk Run, southwest of Whitesville; mentions extensive stone walls along the Kanawha River above Montgomery; human skeleton found near Paytona, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Also letter in regard to village site 17-18 miles below Charleston, West Virginia located on the Jubil Early and Ruffner Plantations (formerly), and note by Mr. Solecki attached, dated October 24, 1949.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4342, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4342


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Paytona (West Virginia) -- Archeology Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bluestone site (West Virginia) -- Archeology Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Boone County (West Virginia) -- Archeology Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Whitesville (West Virginia) -- Archeology Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kanawha River, West Virginia -- Archeology Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Charleston (W.V.) -- Archeology Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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