Fort Ancient : the great prehistoric earthwork of Warren County, Ohio / compiled from a careful survey, with an account of its mounds and graves, a topographical map, thirty-five full-page phototypes, and surveying notes in full, by Warren K. Moorehead.

  • Warren K. Moorehead
Date:
1890
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Fort Ancient : the great prehistoric earthwork of Warren County, Ohio / compiled from a careful survey, with an account of its mounds and graves, a topographical map, thirty-five full-page phototypes, and surveying notes in full, by Warren K. Moorehead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. General Description of the Fortification and the Surrounding Coun- try ; 1 CHAPTER II. The Position of the Fortification. Points Concerning the Gate- ways; the Isthmus, etc '24 CHAPTER III. Excavations in and About the Earthwork. Stone Graves, Stone Heaps, etc., and their Contents 33 CHAPTER iV. The View from Station 0. The Mounds and their Contents. The Pavement. Ornaments, Implements, and Various Objects from the Fields 50 CHAPTER V. What Others say about Fort Ancient—Atwater, Peet, MacLean, Ilosea, Sheppard, Locke, Thomas, Short, Squier and Davis 62 CHAPTER VI. General Remarks upon the Structure. Mounds, Ditches, Inci- dents, Circles, Terraces 89 CHAPTER VII. Earthworks Similar to Fort Ancient in this State. A Plea for the Preservation of Fort Ancient 102
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