Primitive man in Ohio / by Warren K. Moorehead.

  • Warren K. Moorehead
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Primitive man in Ohio / by Warren K. Moorehead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lay a rather small skeleton, evidently that of a young person. All these burials were placed with heads to the west, and each, except the intrusive one at the top, was within a space eighteen by thirty-six inches, in- dicating that the bodies had been folded or doubled up before they were placed in the ground. Nothing of interest was found with them. Mound Number Four.—This is in Wayne Town- ship, Clermont County, on the farm of Mr. Ciane. It was small, and contained very little charcoal 01 burned earth. The remains of two badly decayed skeletons were found. On the breast of one lay a small chisel- shaped celt, and on the other was an arrow-head; by the side of the latter implement lay a scraper of red flint. Nothing else was found. Mound Number Five.—This is situated on the farm of Mr. John Boyle, in Perry Township, Cler- mont County ; it is in a dense forest on a level table- land, there being no valley or stream within three miles. It measures four feet in height, and thirty feet across the base. Surrounding the mound is an earthen embankment two feet high and seven feet in breadth, with a shallow interior ditch. Two bodies had been interred; one at the centre, on the original surface, the other two feet above. Beneath the former, of which only a few fragments remained, were a rude flint arrow-head and a sand- stone pebble with two small cup-shaped depressions on opposite sides. The upper skeleton was partially covered by a
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