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Meteoric iron from altar of mound 3.
Object Number 2004.29.2311.46
Display Title Meteoric iron from altar of mound 3.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ohio. Turner Group. / Meteoric Iron from Altar of Mound 3. Turner Group (A), Little Miami Valley, Ohio, 1882. Nat. size. / 1649"
Keywords
  • Inorganic Remains
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • meteoric
  • Iron
Department Photographic
Date 1870-1899
Artist Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Hamilton County / Anderson Township / Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Intrasite Mound 3; altar
Additional Geographic Terms Little Miami Valley
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 x 22.86 cm (8 x 9 in.)

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Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Mica pieces from Mound 3.
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Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Turner Group, Mound 3, Altar
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Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Meteoric iron.
2004.29.2311.102 Meteoric iron.
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Ohio
Terra Cotta Figurine from the Altar of Large Mound, Turner Group
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Eight objects from mounds 3 and 4, copper bracelets, ear-rings, terra-cottas.
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Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Terra Cotta Figure from the Altar of Large Mound, Turner Group
90-37-10/100161.67 Terra Cotta Figure from the Altar of Large Mound, Turner Group
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Masses of the native copper.
2004.29.2311.53 Masses of the native copper.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Pieles (copper bracelets covered with silver) two pieces of gold, and silver
2004.29.2311.35 Pieles (copper bracelets covered with silver) two pieces of gold, and silver
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Cut from mica- dark parts show red paint.
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Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26