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Ohio archæological and historical publications (1887)

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by F.J. Heer · leaf 167

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observed, as they headedtowards all points of the compass. The fine yellow sandand gravel of the top of the kame afiforded soil easy of excava-tion, and the rapid penetration of the water (when it rained)through the gravel left the bones dry and thus assured theirpreservation. There were sixty bone… … Figure XXI. Skeleton from the Largest McKenzie Mound. flint knife and a shell ornament. There were two spear-headswith another interment. These were exceedingly heavy and ill-made, being five inches long and very narrow. All these burialsdid not cover a space to exceed fifty feet square.…

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