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Object Number
2004.29.2274
Display Title
View along the southern side of oval embankment.
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Serpent Mound Park, Adams Co., Ohio. / Peabody Museum of Amer. Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. / John Cone Kimball, Photographer, 1887. / 7 -- View along the Southern side of Oval ambankment, a portion of which is shown in the corner of the picture at the right.
The ground around this embankment, and also inside of it, was carefully levelled at the time of making the embankment, as was shown on removing the sod and recently formed soil."
Keywords
- Site and Excavation
- Archaeological
Subject
- Landscape
- Site
Department
Photographic
Date
1887
Artist
John Cone Kimball
Culture
- Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Ohio
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Adams County
/
<City>
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Serpent Mound
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 17.15 cm (4 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
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