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Countryside and road surrounding mounds.
Countryside and road surrounding mounds.
Object Number 2004.29.2217
Display Title Countryside and road surrounding mounds.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board (verso): "Serpent Mound, Ohio. / 10."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Site and Excavation
Subject
  • Landscape
  • Site
Department Photographic
Date 1888
Artist Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 x 20.32 cm (6 x 8 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 8- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound, OH (funding drive) 1887 (22 items)
2019.1.17.1.8 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 8- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound, OH (funding drive) 1887 (22 items)
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 13- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound Park 1887-88, n.d. (9 items)
2019.1.17.1.13 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 13- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound Park 1887-88, n.d. (9 items)
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 11- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound research 1887 (1 item)
2019.1.17.1.11 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 11- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound research 1887 (1 item)
Serpent Mound
Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 8- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound, OH (funding drive) 1887
2019.1.17.1.8.1 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 8- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound, OH (funding drive) 1887
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 9- Ohio Mounds - Turner Mounds artifact drawing (Cresson) and section plan, n.d. ( 2 items)
2019.1.17.1.9 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 9- Ohio Mounds - Turner Mounds artifact drawing (Cresson) and section plan, n.d. ( 2 items)
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Cherry Tree Mound in Serpent Mound park. Stones over upper burials.
2004.29.2214 Cherry Tree Mound in Serpent Mound park. Stones over upper burials.
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 18- Ohio Mounds - Turner Mound (Putnam lecture notes) [1894]
2019.1.17.1.18 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 18- Ohio Mounds - Turner Mound (Putnam lecture notes) [1894]
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Media Restricted
 		2004.29.2219 Skeleton found in Serpent Mound bench.
Serpent Mound
Serpent Mound.
2004.29.2218 Serpent Mound.
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 20- Ohio Mounds - Boston Herald clippings 1886 (3 items)
2019.1.17.1.20 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 20- Ohio Mounds - Boston Herald clippings 1886 (3 items)
Ohio
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 19- Ohio Mounds - Cincinnati Tablet (mss. & letters) 1885 (14 items)
2019.1.17.1.19 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 19- Ohio Mounds - Cincinnati Tablet (mss. & letters) 1885 (14 items)
Cincinnati
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 5- Ohio Mounds 1882-89 (9 items) [old accession file 302]
2019.1.17.1.5 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 5- Ohio Mounds 1882-89 (9 items) [old accession file 302]
Ohio