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Image Not Available for Charcoal, made up principally of a layer of grass matting.
Charcoal, made up principally of a layer of grass matting.
Image Not Available for Charcoal, made up principally of a layer of grass matting.
Object Number 84-6-10/34982
Display Title Charcoal, made up principally of a layer of grass matting.
Descriptions
Object Description Charcoal, made up principally of a layer of grass matting.
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Ross County / <City> / Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Intrasite Edwin Harness Mound; charcoal layer on burnt clay, 1 foot above bottom of mound
Additional Geographic Terms Liberty Township; Scioto River, 3 km east of, on second terrace
Provenance
Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (9/25/1884-10/12/1884)
Collector Dr. Charles L. Metz (9/25/1884-10/12/1884)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (11/01/1884)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Box of charred grass matting
84-6-10/34983 Box of charred grass matting
Floral Remain
Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Image Not Available for Sample of bark fragment from "Box of charred grass matting"
84-6-10/34983.4 Sample of bark fragment from "Box of charred grass matting"
Wood
Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Image Not Available for Sample destroyed in 1941 from "Box of charred grass matting"
84-6-10/34983.1 Sample destroyed in 1941 from "Box of charred grass matting"
Organic
Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Rush matting
92-1-10/50821 Rush matting
Mat
United States
Image Not Available for Organic, tiny pieces of charred grass matting
84-6-10/34984 Organic, tiny pieces of charred grass matting
Charred Floral Remain
Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Wicker carrying basket, used principally for berries, mon-ji-gun
05-19-10/65027 Wicker carrying basket, used principally for berries, mon-ji-gun
Basket
Ontario
"Pot stopper"? of rush matting
14-5-10/A1529 "Pot stopper"? of rush matting
Basket
Cliff House 7
Image Not Available for Cured grass for matting
11-37-10/82921 Cured grass for matting
Alaska
Toothbrush - wooden stick with black and white checkered grass matting wound aro
39-39-50/4092 Toothbrush - wooden stick with black and white checkered grass matting wound aro
Tools
Uganda
Piece of matting
29-5-10/A6765 Piece of matting
Mat
Site 27
28 fragments, principally of Teotihuacanoid vases - Black Ware; various tempers
38-7-20/6250 28 fragments, principally of Teotihuacanoid vases - Black Ware; various tempers
Sherd
Honduras
Image Not Available for 37 potsherds principally from basal flanged bowls - Red Ware; calcite tempered
38-7-20/6239 37 potsherds principally from basal flanged bowls - Red Ware; calcite tempered
Honduras