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The large burial-mound between the Serpent and the Spring.
The large burial-mound between the Serpent and the Spring.
Object Number 2004.29.2251
Display Title The large burial-mound between the Serpent and the Spring.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Serpent Mound Park, Adams Co., Ohio. / Peabody Museum Amer. Archaeology and Ethnology. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. / John Cone Kimball, Photographer, 1887. / 22 -- The large Burial-mound between the Serpent and the spring. View taken from the south. / The mound is 9ft. high (originally a foot or two higher, as it has been ploughed over) and 71 ft. in diameter."
Keywords
  • Site and Excavation
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Mound
  • Burial
Department Photographic
Date 1887
Artist John Cone Kimball
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound Park
Additional Geographic Terms Burial Mound
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 16.51 cm (4 x 6 1/2 in.)

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