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Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 142

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e village.This clay had no doubt been puddled and then placed in positionand made as level as a floor and this served as a platform to re-ceive the ashes of the cremated dead, which ashes irregularly•covered the platform to a depth of from six inches to two andone-half feet. With the ashes were… … 132 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. which were no doubt the personal property of the deceased. Theanimals identified as they were removed from these ashes werethe black bear, beaver, deer, elk, raccoon, wolf, gray fox, muskrat, ground hog, opossum and mink. The bones of various birdssuch…

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