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Object Number
2004.29.2209
Display Title
Model of an Altar mound, number 11 Squier's Map
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board (verso): "C.C. Willoughby. From H. J. Smith, 1899. / Model of an Altar Mound. / (No. 11 Squier's Map. North Fork Works Ross County, Ohio.) / This is a typical altar mound represented as a little over half explored. Such monuments are found in various parts of the Ohio Valley. In this case the altar basin was scraped in the ground, walled up with a little ridge of earth, and around it the bodies to be buried were placed. The mound was then built in layers, covering all. / Offerings of the valuables of the builders -- such as pearl beads, objects of copper from the distant veins near Lake Superior, fine implements of obsidian from the Far West, and beautifully carved pipes -- were often burned upon those altars. The fire baked the clay for some distance around the altar basin." (For extended description see Remarks)
Keywords
- Public Structure
- Model
- Archaeological
Subject
- Altar
- Model
- Mound
Department
Photographic
Date
1850-1899
Culture
- Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Ohio
/
Ross County
/
North Fork Village
/
North Fork Works
Intrasite
Altar mound
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 15.24 x 20.32 cm (6 x 8 in.)
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