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Neck of the Serpent showing low mound at right and a small mound just beyond
Neck of the Serpent showing low mound at right and a small mound just beyond
Object Number 2004.29.2270
Display Title Neck of the Serpent showing low mound at right and a small mound just beyond
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. / 12 -- Neck of Serpent, showing the Low Mound (about 30 ft. in diameter) at the right, and a Small Mound (about 2 ft. high) just beyond the stump. / The "wash" from the serpent and from the largest of the two mounds, with soil of recent formation, had connected the mound with the serpent. A similar ridge was formed on the southern side of the serpent by the decay of a large tree, about which soil had accumulated to a depth of two or more feet, and the "wash" from the serpent had connected this natural deposit to the embankment. (For full description, see Object Description text entry)
Keywords
  • Site and Excavation
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Serpent
  • Mound
  • Neck
Department Photographic
Date 1887
Artist John Cone Kimball
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 16.51 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)

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