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Object Number
2004.29.2264
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. / 29 -- The same Skeleton as in 28 [2004.29.2262], seen from the left side. / The ash-bed was about 30 ft. in diameter and 4 inches thick and contained fragments of pottery, flint-chips, and burnt materials of various kinds. Under this was a layer of pure clay. This was evidently the skeleton of a man about 6 ft. tall, over whose body the mound was erected."
Keywords
- Archaeological
- Human Remains
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
Skeleton
Additional Geographic Terms
Burial Mound
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 17.78 cm (4 x 7 in.)
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