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Excavation on north side of embankment
Excavation on north side of embankment
Object Number 2004.29.1867
Display Title Excavation on north side of embankment
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ohio. (Fosters) Little Miami Valley. / Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. / Excavation on north side of the embankment shown in Nos. 1 - 4. This is through a portion of the work, extending to the north. / [verso] Exploration by FWP (?). Aug 1890. Aug. 1890."
Keywords
  • Site and Excavation
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Pit
Department Photographic
Date 1890
Artist Marshall H. Saville
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Warren County / <City> / Fosters Little Miami Valley
Intrasite Embankment
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
Cut through embankment north end, showing stones under burnt clay.
2004.29.1866 Cut through embankment north end, showing stones under burnt clay.
Fosters Little Miami Valley
Cut through bank at north end. Black soot on top of burnt clay.
2004.29.1882 Cut through bank at north end. Black soot on top of burnt clay.
Fosters Little Miami Valley
Hearths and ash bed embankment.
2004.29.2311.58 Hearths and ash bed embankment.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Cut through northern embankment.
2004.29.1881 Cut through northern embankment.
Fosters Little Miami Valley
North bank of earthwork
2004.29.1870 North bank of earthwork
Fosters Little Miami Valley
North end of work showing the great mass of stones
2004.29.1880 North end of work showing the great mass of stones
Fosters Little Miami Valley
Part of trench at north end showing part of great mass of cinders.
2004.29.1874 Part of trench at north end showing part of great mass of cinders.
Fosters Little Miami Valley
Media Restricted
 		2004.29.2311.60 Grave in burial place within embankment.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Excavation up the west side of hill through the burnt clay to the stones below it
2004.29.1875 Excavation up the west side of hill through the burnt clay to the stones below it
Fosters Little Miami Valley
Excavation on North side of embankment shown in numbers 1 and 4
2004.24.1358 Excavation on North side of embankment shown in numbers 1 and 4
Fosters Earthworks
Cut through the graves just north of the embankment.
2004.29.2311.63 Cut through the graves just north of the embankment.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Trench with shovel
2004.29.1873 Trench with shovel
Fosters Little Miami Valley