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Copper nugget
Object Number 2004.24.31042
Display Title Copper nugget
Descriptions
Object Description Copper, Turner Mound
Keywords
  • Inorganic Remains
  • Archaeological
  • Organic Remains
Subject
  • Copper
Department Photographic
Date 1984
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Hamilton County / Anderson Township / Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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Hopewell Mound Group
Masses of the native copper.
2004.29.2311.53 Masses of the native copper.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Eight objects from mounds 3 and 4, copper bracelets, ear-rings, terra-cottas.
2004.29.2311.30 Eight objects from mounds 3 and 4, copper bracelets, ear-rings, terra-cottas.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
2 copper bands. Left: Grave 5, 86-32-10/A721. Right: Grave 15, 86-32-10/A743
2004.24.33684 2 copper bands. Left: Grave 5, 86-32-10/A721. Right: Grave 15, 86-32-10/A743
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Copper specimen (89-15-10/A535)
2004.24.33685 Copper specimen (89-15-10/A535)
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Pieces of worked copper found in altar of mound 3.
2004.29.2311.33 Pieces of worked copper found in altar of mound 3.
Ohio
Image Not Available for Metal, copper nuggets
66-42-10/45381 Metal, copper nuggets
Metal
Kennecott Mine
Metal, copper alloy and iron nuggets, some possibly copper and iron stained objects, one with charcoal adhered to it
82-35-10/52623 Metal, copper alloy and iron nuggets, some possibly copper and iron stained objects, one with charcoal adhered to it
Charcoal
Miscellaneous
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Shapes cut from hammered native copper.
2004.29.2311.29 Shapes cut from hammered native copper.
Ohio
Pieces cut from hammered sheets of native copper.
2004.29.2311.31 Pieces cut from hammered sheets of native copper.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Pieles (copper bracelets covered with silver) two pieces of gold, and silver
2004.29.2311.35 Pieles (copper bracelets covered with silver) two pieces of gold, and silver
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Copper earrings, four of them overlaid with silver.
2004.29.2311.34 Copper earrings, four of them overlaid with silver.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26