Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887) (14779652585)

Identifier: ohioarchological16ohio (find matches)
Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Subjects: History Archaeology
Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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FlG. 76 — Coarse mattings. terrace as the Harness group, and is less than half a mile distantto the south. The mound is a typical conical mound, being sixfeet and six inches in height at the time of our examination andonly forty feet in diameter at the base. Mr. Harness informs methat the mound was fully two feet higher at the apex when thesite of the mound was first ploughed over some twenty years ago. 16 According to Professor Putnam the iron from this mound wasdetermined as meteoric iron. Reports of the Peabody Museum.Vol. 3. 188 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. The mound covered twenty-eight burials. Twenty-seven ofthese burials were placed on the base line, or from a few inchesto a foot above this line. Not one of the twenty-seven was cre-
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FlG. 77 — Fabric with copper balls attached. mated, and all had been placed promiscuously at or near the baseof the mound. No prepared graves were discernible, and inseveral instances the heads were placed lower than the feet, andin one instance the head and feet were lower than the middle of