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Object Number
2004.29.2260
Display Title
Serpent Mound Park, sections of 2 skeletons which were intrusive burials
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. / 24 -- Section of Upper 4 ft. of the Burial-mound, showing portions of two skeletons of bodies which were intrusive burials. / Nine skeletons were found in different portions of the upper part of the mound, some of which were less than a foot below the present surface, and all were instrusive burials, as shown by the disturbance of the earth above them."
Keywords
- Site and Excavation
- Archaeological
Subject
- Burial
- Mound
Department
Photographic
Date
1887
Artist
John Cone Kimball
Culture
- Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Ohio
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Adams County
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<City>
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Serpent Mound Park
Intrasite
Skeletons
Additional Geographic Terms
Burial Mound
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 16.51 cm (4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
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