Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 155
grave 10 The four types of graves mentioned above were similar in everyrespect to the altars described by Squier and Davis, and I quote fromAncient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, page 143 as follows.The altars or basins found in these mounds are almost invariable ofburned clay though a few of… … would vary in depth from four to eight inches, and required much skill and labor in its construction. Fourth. The gravemade in the form of aparallelogram. Thisform of grave wasfound in various por-tions of the mound andwas constructed simi-lar in every respect tothe other types, thelogs being put…
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