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Skeleton found on the ash-bed in the centre of the mound
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Object Number 2004.1.147.63
Display Title Skeleton found on the ash-bed in the centre of the mound
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. / 28 - The Skeleton found on the ash-bed in the centre of the mound, seven feet from the present surface, / and one foot from bottom, seen from the right side."
Department Photographic
Date 1887
Artist John Cone Kimball
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound Park
Dimensions Overall: 10.9538 × 17.4625 cm (4 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

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