BUNKER HILL, W.Va. (WDVM) — A team of archaeologists is hard at work in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle preserving the earliest history of settlement in what would eventually become the Mountain State.
Their work has implications for all of West Virginia.
Matthew Howard is an archaeologist specializing in Native American sites from Canada to Virginia. He is now excavating this settlement in West Virginia, a cabin built by Colonel Morgan and his son, Zack, in the 18th century.
“We started this archeological survey in this foundation,” said Howard, standing at the site of his dig. “This foundation dates back to the 1730s. Part of the Morgan family who were the first European settlers in Berkeley County.”
The team found artifacts from a kitchen house on the farm where women who were slaves would prepare meals for the Morgan family. 600 yards from the survey site was a trash collection with clues about the family lifestyle.