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Object Number
2004.1.147.61
Display Title
Ancient burial place, southeast from the serpent
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on Board: "Serpent Mound Park, Adams Co., Ohio. / Peabody Museum Amer. Archaeology and Ethnology, / Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. / John Cone Kimball, / Photographer, 1887. / 21 - The Ancient Burial-place, southeast from the Serpent. / The skeleton, with its head east, was close to the surface and was surrounded by flat stones set on edge, which had been thrown out of / place by ploughing..."
Department
Photographic
Date
1887
Artist
John Cone Kimball
Culture
- Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Ohio
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Adams County
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<City>
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Serpent Mound Park
Dimensions
Overall: 17.78 × 10.9538 cm (7 × 4 5/16 in.)
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