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Object Number
2004.29.2262
Display Title
Skeleton found in ash-bed in the center of Mound.
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. / 28 -- The Skeleton found on the ash-bed in the centre of the mound, seven feet from the present surface, and one foot from bottom, seen from the right side."
Keywords
- Human Remains
- Archaeological
Subject
- Skeleton
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
Ash bed, skeleton
Additional Geographic Terms
Burial Mound
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 10.67 x 16.51 cm (4 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
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