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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    It lies upon the farm of Mr. John Boyle, in Brown County, one mile and a half north of the village of St. Martins. It was originally much higher than at present, but the surface has been plowed over for so many years that the mound is now only about seven feet in altitude with a diameter of seventy feet, while a circular embankment of considerable elevation, by which it was formerly surrounded, has almost entirely disappeared. In this, as in many other mounds that it has been our privilege to examine, a hole had been dug at some former time, from the summit directly toward the base, but, in this case, the work had been aban- doned before any damage ensued. It is a matter of regret that so many persons take it upon themselves to destroy these interesting re- mains merely for the sake of such relics as may be found. The construction and method of arrange- ment of the contents are what we must depend upon for scientific classification, and yet these are the very points to which relic-hunters pay no attention. Even intelligent men who have witnessed or assisted in the work of demolition can give only the most vague and unsatisfactory statements in regard to them. Such methods are objectionable, not only on account of the unworthy motives that impel the searchers, but because if prosecuted to any extent they com- pletely ruin the mound for subsequent investigations. In order to make a thorough examination we began our work by opening from the south side a trench twenty feet in width. (Figure v. represents a vertical section through the centre.)
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