MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — The public can help plant an interpretive garden at Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in West Virginia.
Planting was getting started over the weekend and will continue to June 2 at the Moundsville complex. The program is free and open to the public.
The complex features one of the largest conical burial mounds build by the Adena people between 250 and 150 B.C. Exhibits and displays about the lives of the Adena people and construction of the mound are shown in the Delf Norona Museum. The complex also houses the West Virginia Archaeological Research and Collections Management Facility.
Crops are chosen for the garden based on archaeological data and Native American traditions and include sunflowers, corn, beans, squash and gourds.
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The complex is operated by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History.